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Summary: "At the border of Nepal and Tibet, climbers try to reach the highest point above sea level. Mount Everest looks at when and how this mountain formed and what the future looks like for the popular climbing peak."--Amazon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.202 LONConefrey, 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 CONCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 CONCoburn, Broughton
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 796.522 COBRodriguez, 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 RODCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.522 RODDickmann, 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 DICKamler, Kenneth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.52 KAMKrakauer, Jon.
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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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