‘Everest: The Other Side’ Review: The ‘Free Solo’ Directors Return With Another Extreme Sports Doc, This Time Tainted by Tragedy

“Because it’s there” is the famous, possibly apocryphal, reply attributed to British mountaineer George Mallory when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. Unlike present-day climber Jim Morrison, Mallory didn’t also want to ski down it. But doesn’t the same non-answer apply? Why are certain people compelled toward any of these reckless, perilous, barely […]