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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Description and travel Irvine, Andrew 1902-1924 Leigh-Mallory, George Herbert 1886-1924 Messner, Reinhold 1944- Mountaineering Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Mountaineers Mountaineers Italy Biography Mountaineers United States Biography Viesturs, Ed Webster, EdEllsworth, 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 HEMCoburn, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 COBFirstbrook, P. L. (Peter L.)
Summary: Mallory and Irvine died during their attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Many believed they had achieved it but had then perished during the descent. The debate had raged over 75 years. In May 1999, an expedition sponsored by the BBC set out to climb the North Face of the mountain as they pieced together the dramatic events of the tragedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ISIS Large Print 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 915.496 FIRKropp, Göran.
Summary: A personal account of one man's determination to climb Mount Everest alone describes how the Swedish climber accomplished his goal, within days of the 1995 tragedy that took the lives of a number of fellow climbers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Books 1999
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Summary: The only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's eight-thousand-meter peaks sets his sights on Mount Everest, in a work that combines his own climbs as well as narratives of famous climbs throughout the last century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VIETURS, ED VIEWebster, Ed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountain Imagery 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mountaineers 1989