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American Alpine Journal volume Volume 45, Issue 77
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The world's "journal of record" for documenting significant ascents and provides direct reports from hundreds of climbers who have explored and made new ascents or interesting repeats.
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Global Search and Rescue volume 2
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"Jake Silver may not be able to put the memories of his time as a sniper and Navy SEAL behind him, but at least he can put his skills to use as a part of the Jones Inc. rescue team. Saving the life of pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Aria Sinclair on Denali helped too. Now he can't get her out of his head, and when he hears she is in the path of a hurricane down in Key West he can't help but jump on a plane to rescue her. Aria has dedicated her life to...
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2022.
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"The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition of 1922. 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...
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[2008]
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Best known as one of the guides who perished on Mount Everest during the tragic spring of 1996, Scott Fischer became for many a symbol of audacity, hubris, and the limits of human endurance. Birkby traces Scott's expeditions from the granite walls of Yosemite to Alaska to the punishing storms of the Himalayas--a relentless quest for new highs that builds inexorably to the rendezvous with disaster on Everest
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Everest volume 3
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
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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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"In a series of adventures that takes the reader from Bolivia to the Alps, from Colorado to Spain, Simpson explores the enchantment of rock and ice and the forces that drive him to climb in the face of extreme risk. An attempt on the hooded, mile-high north face of the Eiger is meant to cap his career, but this final adventure would itself be touched by tragedy..."--p. [4] of cover.
10) Meru
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[2015]
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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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"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 feeds—while exploiting local Sherpas. There’s...
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Seven volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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DJ climbs Mount Kilimanjaro to scatter his beloved grandfather's ashes.
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"Leading up to the 1996 climb in which Dr. Kenneth Kamler played a crucial role aiding survivors of that disastrous ascent...Kamler was faced with dire cases that would have been difficult to attend to under the best of circumstances - including Makalu Gau...and Beck Weathers"--Jacket.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and they had ascended Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different, yet equally determined, men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds, and death-defying...
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Pub. Date
[2008]
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Much has changed on Mount Everest in recent years. This is the first book to detail how the recent infusion of wealth into the mountains is reacting with the age-old lust for glory to draw crime to the highest places on the planet, and how a mountain's ability to reduce climbers to their essential selves is revealing villains as well as heroes, greed as well as selflessness. The change is caused both by a tremendous boom in traffic to the world's...
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[2016]
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"When Larry Semento signed on with a commercial expedition to climb Denali (formerly Mt. McKinley) in Alaska, he expected an adventure. He didn't anticipate the story of a lifetime. After battling harsh weather to reach the summit, the team encountered a horrible tragedy on descent. Follow along on this amazing journey and discover what it is like to climb a big mountain, and understand the impact that this epic adventure had on him, his family and...
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[2011]
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In 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary joined a team of explorers determined to reach the top of the world, literally. The Mount Everest. Alone at its peak with their oxygen running low, they faced off against the brutal elements and new dangers at every turn.
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