Summit Murder Mystery Series

Irion Books was recently recognized as a "Featured Member" by the Arizona Book Publishing Association this month. The ABPA recognized Charles G. Irion as the author and publisher two successful series, the Hell Series and the Summit Murder Mystery Series. The first three novels in the Summit Murder Mystery Series include Murder on Everest, Abandoned on Everest and Murder on Elbrus. Founded in Phoenix in April of 1992, the Arizona Book Publishing Association’s mission is to advance and promote successful book publishing in Arizona through education, community involvement, cooperative effort, peer recognition, industry advocacy, and the support of 1st Amendment rights.

Fresh from Argo Studios, the video below is the new Summit Murder Mystery video. It highlights the Summit Murder Mystery Series novels that are currently out and those planned for the future and the thrill seeking mountaineer Scott Devlon. The video will be showcased at the American Alpine Club annual dinner on November 13th. It is an honor to be given the spotlight along with the famous mountaineer Dick Bass. Bass was the first mountaineer to conquer the Seven Summits and he will be acknowledged at the Seven Summits Black Tie Dinner in New York, along with the video below of the Summit Murder Mystery Series.

Grab your copies of Murder on Everest and Murder on Elbrus, a sharpie and mark your calendar for September 18th from 5 to 6 in the evening! Ron and I will be hosting a book signing at El Chorro Restaurant at 5550 E. Lincoln Dr in Paradise Valley, Arizona. This is our first book signing together and we are excited for the success of the Summit Murder Mystery Series. We would love to see all of the Scott Devlon fans and murder mystery junkies. Bring your friends and family, we will have copies of both Murder on Everest and Murder on Elbrus for sale at the event. Clear you schedule now for Saturday September 18th from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and come meet and get your copies signed by the authors of Murder on Everest and Murder on Elbrus.

A team of Indian Air Force mountaineers set off on Friday August 6 on an expedition to summit Mount Elbrus and Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. The team's goal is to place the Indian tricolor flag on top of the Seven Summits. The six man team is led by Wing Commander R.C. Tripathi. The team also includes squadron leaders Namit Rawat, G.P. Kumar and D. Panda, Junior Warrant Officer N.R. Choudhary and Sergeant J. Singh. The expedition is set to take place from August 9 to September 4. Each member of the team has expedition experience in the Himalayan region. They expect Mount Elbrus at 5,600 meters high at Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,900 meters high to be attainable. Air Marshal N.J. Burma gave the tricolor and the Indian Air Force flag to Tripathi on Friday. The team began this journey in May 2005, when they summitted Mount Everest at 8,840 meters high. The Indian Air Force's ‘Mission Seven Summits’, is being conducted under the aegis of Directorate of Air Force Adventure, the apex ...

According to Russian scientists Mount Elbrus is expected to erupt within the next 50 years. If this were to happen, it would dramatically change the climbing world. This would completely disrupt the face of Mount Elbrus and could potentially change the way climbers attack Mount Elbrus. Russian scientists believe Mount Elbrus will erupt due to several evidentiary facts. The first, according to Natalya Volodicheva, the head of the Elbrus Scientific Research Centre of Moscow State University, is the emission of fumarolic gases and the appearance of thermal springs. The increase in appearances of both of these things suggests that an eruption is in the near future. Also, the temperature at the peak of Mount Everest is abnormally high. Because of this higher temperature, moss has begun to grow on the cracks of the surface. The growth of moss is another sign of a volcano about to erupt. The biggest fear of Mount Elbrus erupting is the danger it poses. The melted ice and snow will tur...

A father and son set a new record for climbers, being the first South Korean father and son team to summit Mount Everest. In the world they are the second father and son team to accomplish this goal. But their story goes beyond record setting; the two set off to summit Mount Everest in remembrance of their wife and mother, who had passed away four months before the summit. The father, Huh Young-ho, and son, Huh Jae-seok, summited Mount Everest to overcome their suffering for their wife and mother. Mount Everest was the first family trip the Huh family took. At the age of six, Huh Jae-seok, with his mother and sister, sent off Huh Young-ho to summit Mount Everest. Now, twenty years later, the father and son team completed the task and were able to celebrate the life of their loved one.

On May 15th, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable achievement and Inglis was feted by the press and public alike. But only a few days later he was plunged into a storm of controversy when it was learned he and his team mates had passed an incapacitated climber, Englishman David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely death high in the Death Zone. The trials and tribulations Scott Devlon faced in Murder on Everest are very real to those who risk their lives to summit Mount Everest. While climbing, climbers come across the strewn bodies of their predecessors. As people die on the mountain, they fall and become part of the mountain. The snow covers the bodies and they conform to the side of the mountain. Many of these bodies can never be moved or carried down due to where they lay on the mountain. An even more difficult choice is when climbers come across a dying man and are forced to leave him behind. The choices are tough when climbers need ...