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"Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds..." "This is the terrifying story of...
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"Jenny Calhoun climbs mountains to forget what she's done, who she was. But this time, when an excursion up Denali turns deadly, she is forced to accept the help of the one man she hoped she'd never see again--the man she nearly killed"--Provided by publisher.
Alaska. Former pararescue jumper Orion Starr is haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong. He has no desire to join Hamilton Jones's elite rescue team, but he also can't shirk his duty when...
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Series
Everest volume 2
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Description
151 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
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"Four kids are prepared to go into thin air in order to become the youngest person ever to climb Everest. But they are not prepared for the challenges that await them as they get closer to the summit. Supplies are low. Conditions are extreme. One of the kids is trying to sabotage the others. And then the storm hits ..." -P. [4] of cover.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Description
x, 331 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbersincluding Jimmy Chin and Conrad Ankerthis vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest" --
8) Meru
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
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Everest volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
154 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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"Four kids are prepared to go into thin air. Each one of them could break a record if they reach the top. And each one of them knows that standing at the summit is only half the battle-- they'll still have to come back down to earth. None of them is prepared for the challenges that await them as they get closer to the summit. Conditions are extreme. Supplies are low. The temperature is far below zero. And one of the kids is trying to sabotage the...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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To the summit: The expedition is divided into two teams for the five-day summit assault. The expedition leaders warns that he will withdraw them if any climber disobeys his rules. -- Into the death zone: The expedition is trapped in a camp because of high wind.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Summit dreams: At Everest base camp, newly arrived climbers struggle to acclimate to the Himalayas' extreme altitude. --The gatekeeper: After they learn of a Sherpa's death from altitude sickness, expedition members struggle to prepare themselves.
15) Everest
Series
Mountaineers anthology volume 4
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Description
310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident, populated by a set of larger-than-life characters straight out of an adventure novel. The expedition ended in tragedy when, on their third bid for the top, Mallory's party was hit by an avalanche that left seven men dead. Using diaries, letters, and unpublished accounts, Mick Conefrey creates a rich, character-driven...
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