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1320L
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English
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray.
"A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer...
"A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer...
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"Reluctant socialite Coraline Baxter longs to live a life of significance and leave her mark on the world. When her local suffragette group asks her to climb Mount Rainier to raise awareness of their cause, she jumps at the chance, even though she has absolutely no climbing experience. If she can do it, any woman can do it. And after her mother issues an ultimatum--that Cora marry the man of her mother's choosing if she is not successful--Cora must...
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"Working for Zach Montgomery is challenging on many levels. Coming from a wealthy and powerful family, he lives by his own rules and doesn't answer to anyone. But Gabriella Martine has no intention of backing down. She's used to handling stubborn men, and it doesn't hurt that Zach is smart, charismatic and gorgeous. Zach's perfect world is turned upside down when a climbing accident leaves him broken, angry, and maddeningly dependent. In his slow...
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Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map.
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English
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Contains accessible text and photographs chronicling the exploration of Mount Everest. Includes a map, fact boxes, a timeline, an explorer's checklist, a glossary, and further resources.
6) Deadpoint
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 online resource (189 pages).
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English
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Ayla loves climbing. But she prefers to climb indoors, with all her safety harnesses in place and soft mats to land on. Her climbing partner and best friend, Lissy, is much more adventurous and loves the outdoors. When Lissy starts hanging out with Carlos, the new thrill-seeking guy in town, Ayla wants to keep an eye on her and finds herself tagging along on a weekend climbing trip up Black Dog Mountain. But things go very wrong when Lissy and her...
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Global search and rescue volume 1
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English
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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 the call comes in to rescue three lost climbers on Denali. Former CIA profiler and psychiatrist Jenny Calhoun's yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from the guilt that has sunk its claws into her. As a consultant during a top-secret...
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Capstone Compass Point Books
Lexile measure
1110L
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English
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Examines the way the photograph of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the summit of Mount Everest exemplifies the power of teamwork, as well as the history of the expeditions up the slopes of Mount Everest.
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Quirk Books
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English
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"Four climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness to climb a newly discovered cliff face. But things start going wrong as soon as their expedition begins, suggesting something sinister may be present in the valley with them." -- Provided by publisher.
12) Dead mountain
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English
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"In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given...
13) Enjoy the view
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Moose Springs Alaska volume 3
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English
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"Former Hollywood darling River Lane's acting career is tanking fast. Determined to start fresh behind the camera, she agrees to film a documentary about the picturesque small town of Moose Springs, Alaska. The assignment should have been easy, but the quirky locals want nothing to do with River...Easton Lockett may be a gentle giant, but he knows a thing or two about survival. If he can keep everyone in line, he should be able to get River and her...
15) Peak
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Lexile measure
760L
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English
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A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
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Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
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357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
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High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world-where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature. In the years following the publication of Into Thin Air, much has changed on Mount Everest. Among all the books documenting the glorious adventures in mountains around the world, none details how the recent infusion of wealthy climbers is drawing crime to the highest place on the planet. The change is caused both...
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Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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In July 1967, seven young men--members of Joe Wilcox's twelve-man expedition--died on Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak, stranded at 20,000 feet during a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed with no rescue attempt; the bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation. This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling--and losing--on one of the world's starkest...
19) Mountain guides
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Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"For most people, climbing the largest mountains in the world is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For mountain guides, it's just another day at work! Meet the people who risk their lives to help others have adventures on the highest peaks."--Back cover.
20) The next Everest: surviving the mountain's deadliest day and finding the resilience to climb again
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A dramatic account of the deadly avalanche on Everest-and a return to reach the summit. On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed nearly 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest,...