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Rodriguez, Cindy

Summary: "On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 ROD

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.522 ROD

Ellsworth, Scott

Summary: "While tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was raging across the Himalayas. Contingents from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States had set up rival camps at the base of the mountains, all hoping to become recognized as the fastest, strongest, and bravest climbers in the world. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: : Little, Brown and Company 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 ELL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Travel Ellsworth

Doeden, Matt

Summary: "Could you survive being lost in the mountains? Imagine facing down a grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness, a mountain lion in the Sierra Madres of Mexico, or a gorilla in Africa's Virunga Mountains. How far would you be willing to go to save your own life? Would it work? Flip through these pages to find out!"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DOE

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DOE

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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 COO

Mavrikis, Peter

Summary: The amount of oxygen available at the highest place on Earth is just under 7 percent. Explorers risk their lives and test their lungs traveling to these great heights atop mountains. Who are these adventurers and why do they do it?

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 509 MAV

Willis, Clint.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 WIL

Dickmann, Nancy.

Summary: Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world; describes the first expedition to the top of the mountain completed by Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Norgay; and explains why climbing the mountain is so difficult.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.522 DIC

Krakauer, Jon.

1 hold on 1 copy

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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 KRA

Herman, Gail

Summary: Recounts the journey made by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey to the peak of Mount Everest, the highest location on Earth, highlighting how they used teamwork to make it to the top.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.54 HER

Summary: "The more than forty contributors to Freedom 7 are all active climbers who regularly use and teach the skills about which they write. They have also incorporated comments and suggestions from veteran climbers around the world. This is a resource trusted by mountaineering communities everywhere."--Jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.52 MOU

Caesar, Ed

Summary: "In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 CAE

Medina, Nico

Summary: Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, describing its ancient beginnings, the first human settlers, and historic climbs.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: 900 WHE

Roberts, David

Summary: A celebrated mountaineer and authorsearches for meaning in great adventuresand explorations, past and present. --Publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROBERTS, DAVID ROB

Dean, Patrick

Summary: "In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size--occupying 120 square miles of the earth's surface --and position as the Earth's northernmost peak of more than 6,000 meters elevation make it one of the world's deadliest mountains. Although its...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 DEA

Waterman, Jonathan.

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Publisher / Publication Date: AAC Press 1983

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 WAT

Zuckerman, Peter.

Summary: Presents the stories of the sherpas who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when eleven other climbers died on K2 in August 2008.

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 ZUC

Doeden, Matt.

Summary: "Describes the fight for survival while climbing some of the world's tallest mountains"--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOU

Krakauer, Jon.

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, a disastrous expedition that claimed the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1999

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Storti, Craig

Summary: The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters-George Everest, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward Whymper-and a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, imprints of John Murray Press, an Hachette UK Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 STO

Zangerl, Bernd

Summary: "Climbing boulders without using a lot of equipment gives you a close connection with nature and demands discipline and endurance, but also rewards you with the joy of experimenting and a positive approach to failure. In this book, the 'natural-born free climber' Bernd Zangerl and his fellow authors and boulderers show you everything you need to know about the fascinating and challenging...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Die Gestalten Verlag 2021

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Messner, Reinhold

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mountaineers 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 MES

Conefrey, Mick.

Summary: 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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 CON

Hemmleb, Jochen

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 HEM

Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)

Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time, when three expeditions simultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world. As 1909 dawned, the greatest jewels of exploration--set at the world's frozen extremes--lay unclaimed: the North and South Poles and the so-called Third Pole, the "pole of altitude," located in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 LAR

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