1. Mount Everest and the Race to the Top of the World: International Competition and Ascent Attempts in the Early 1950s By Kreg Moccia

2. Background - Switzerland  No prior official attempts at Everest  Well-known in mountaineering  Economy doing well  No prior official attempts at Everest  Well-known in mountaineering  Economy doing well

3. Background - Soviet Union  No previous major mountaineering feats  Height of Cold War  Highly anyagonized  No previous major mountaineering feats  Height of Cold War  Highly anyagonized

4. Background - Great Britain  Made many previous attempts at Everest  Much at stake with First Ascent  Made many previous attempts at Everest  Much at stake with First Ascent

5. Utility Model U x = utility of given player X c = constant p x = prestige coefficient that takes into account utility gained from a potentially successful summit attempt D x = dummy variable of whether or not player X decides to push forward; 0 if turning around and 1 if pushing forward t x = threat coefficient that takes into account utility lost from a rival ’ s potentially successful summit attempt D y = dummy variable of whether or not player Y decides to push forward; 0 if turning around and 1 if pushing forward w x = value estimating weather conditions for player X ’ s ascent e = expedition ’ s current elevation on the mountain

6. p - Prestige Parameter

8. t - Threat Parameter

10. w - Weather Paramter

12. Basic Game Form

13. Displaying Payoffs

14. Switzerland

15. Soviet Union

16. Results

17. Criticisms  Relative (arbitrary), non-exact parameter values  Not enough variables incorporated  Soviet expedition may not have taken place  Relative (arbitrary), non-exact parameter values  Not enough variables incorporated  Soviet expedition may not have taken place

18. Improvements  Base in empirical data  Add more parameters  Generalize to other expeditions  Base in empirical data  Add more parameters  Generalize to other expeditions

19. Britain