Climbers Conrad Anker and Jimmy Chin share insights from the top of the world at Montana State University

Mountain climbers Conrad Anker and Jimmy Chin spoke at Montana State University on Monday night and offered a glimpse into what drives them to risk their lives to ascend the world’s most stunning and dangerous peaks.

The two men spoke to a crowd of about 1,000 people in the Strand Union Ballroom. Carmen McSpadden, director of the MSU Leadership Institute http://www.montana.edu/leadership/ , said the event raised about $25,000 for the Khumbu Climbing Center http://alexlowe.org/p/projects/item/1/the-khumbu-climbing-center.htm in Nepal.

Anker, 54, a legendary climber who lives in Bozeman, in 1999 discovered the body of British climber George Mallory, who had disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924. Anker said he was 14 years old when he realized that the mountains of Yosemite National Park were "where I was happiest."

Chin, 43, one of a handful of people who have skied on the top of Mount Everest, filmed the award-winning documentary "Meru" https://www.amazon.com/Meru-Conrad-Anker/dp/B013WF4E9M on their successful 2011 ascent of the 20,000-foot Himalayan peak in India.

By Gail Schontzler Chronicle Staff Writer

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Montana’s Conrad Anker – "Meru" – How a Failed Mountain Climb Spawned an Epic Documentary http://www.matr.net/article-67380.html