Krakauer, Jon.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard 1998

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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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Kasischke, Louis W.

Summary: Near the top of Mount Everest, on 10 May 1996, eight climbers died. It was the worst tragedy in the mountain's history. Lou Kasischke was there. Now he tells the harrowing story of what went wrong, as it has never been told before - including why the climbers were desperately late and out of time. His personal story, captured in the title AFTER THE WIND, tells about the intense moments near the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Hart Publishing 2014

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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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Kamler, Kenneth.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2000

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Dickinson, Matt.

Summary: A killer storm with howling winds swept in and climbers were soon blinded in white-out conditions. Before it was over, the blizzard would claim a dozen lives, the worst loss of life in the modern history of climbing on Everest.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1999

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Cockrell, Will

Summary: "Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It’s an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos—and social media...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC 2024

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Summary: The gripping true-life adventure of six blind Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up formidable Mount Everest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2009

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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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Summary: Summiting Mount Everest is a grueling and dangerous endeavor, known to torture the mind, body, and soul of those who even dare. When a 68-year-old great grandfather attempts this feat, what ensued was the worst disaster in mountaineering history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Vision films 2020

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Coburn, Broughton

Summary: Chronicles the first American expedition to Mount Everest in May 1963, profiling the team of climbers while examining the impact the mission had on the American consciousness and sense of identity during the Cold War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2013

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Summary: Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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Summary: 2001 National Federation of the Blind, Allegra Mount Everest Expedition featuring Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind climber to reach the summit.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Outside Television 2003

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Coburn, Broughton

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1997

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Krakauer, Jon.

Summary: Krakauer provides a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. The 1996 expedition he was reporting on and climbing with was engulfed by a storm. Five of his fellow climbers were dead and the sixth horribly frostbitten. By the time all expeditions had quit the mountains, twelve people had perished.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Pub. 1997

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Krishnaswami, Uma

Summary: "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn't make...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021

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Summary: As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears, who aided the rescue efforts back in 1996, now...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008

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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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