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Author
Publisher
Payot
Pub. Date
1946
Physical Desc
304 p. : plates, ports. ; 23 cm.
Language
Français
Description
The author is the literary director of the “Montagne” series issued by the firm of Attinger in Paris and Neuchatel. Gos is himself an honorary member of the Alpine Club, and the author of such well-received works as Alpinisme Anecdotique, La Nuit des Drus, Le Cervin par l'Image and La Croix du Cervin. He has decided that climbers who have perished against a background of mountain beauty are worthy of something more than mere necrology, and, therefore,...
Author
Publisher
American Alpine Club
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
80 pages (pbk.) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reports of accidents in both Canada and the United States. Includes account of the event plus analysis of what happened and how it could have possibly been prevented. Names of fatalities are included. Includes statistical tables with number of accidents since 1951, geographical districts, and terrain/ascent or descent/immediate cause/contributary cause/age and experience level of individuals/time of year/ and type of injury/illness.
Author
Publisher
American Alpine Club
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
100 pages (pbk.) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reports of accidents in United States. Includes account of the event plus analysis of what happened and how it could have possibly been prevented. Names of fatalities are included. Includes statistical tables with number of accidents since 1951, geographical districts, and terrain/ascent or descent/immediate cause/contributary cause/age and experience level of individuals/time of year/ and type of injury/illness.
Author
Publisher
American Alpine Club
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
143 pages.
Language
English
Description
"Every year, novice climbers and experts are injured or killed by inadequate preparation and errors in judgment. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has documented the year’s most teachable climbing accidents, providing invaluable lessons to climbers. In Accidents in North American Climbing, each incident is carefully analyzed so climbers can avoid similar situations in the future. In our "Know the Ropes" and "Essentials" sections, professional...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xxii, 400 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In July 1967, seven young men--members of Joe Wilcox's twelve-man expedition--died on Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak, stranded at 20,000 feet during a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed with no rescue attempt; the bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation. This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling--and losing--on one of the world's starkest...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mountaineer who survived a near-fatal accident by amputating his arm when it became trapped behind a boulder in Utah describes how he endured five days of hypothermia, dehydration, and hallucinations before managing his own rescue.
8) Everest
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed during the infamous 1996 storm that claimed eight lives, Everest documents the filmmakers' harrowing rescue efforts to help the surviving members of the ill-fated group. The international team of climbers scale the world's tallest peak in this daring adventure of triumph and tragedy. Special features include "Making of Everest", extended Beck Weathers interview, deleted scenes, climber video journals, 3D Everest map, Titanica trailer, 5.0 surround....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996. He hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds..." "This is the terrifying story of...
12) Sherpa
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the the tragic avalanche that swept a group of Sherpas off Mount Everest, which led to other surviving Sherpas to make a stand for human rights and respect.
Author
Publisher
The Mountaineers
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
271 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
There have been many "firsts" in Jim Whittaker's life. He was the first North American to summit Mount Everest. As the first manager and employee, and ultimately the CEO, of fledgling Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), he guided the company through years of record-setting growth. He guided Bobby Kennedy up the newly named Mount Kennedy, helping him to become the first person to summit the Canadian peak. He lead the first and only International Peace...
Author
Publisher
Atria
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
244 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the afternoon of July 26, 2003, six vacationing mountain climbers ascended the peak of the Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Rain and colliding air currents blew in, and soon a massive electrical charge began to build. As the group began to retreat from its location, a colossal lightning bolt struck and pounded through the body of every climber. One of the six died instantly, one lay critically injured next to her body, and four dangled perilously...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
256 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
A photographic journal of the experiences of filmmaker David Breashears, who, with a team of climbers, ascended Mount Everest in 1996 for the purpose of recording the climb with an IMAX motion picture camera. Includes an account of the tragic deaths of eight climbers who were trapped on the mountain during a blizzard.
Author
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
223 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In January 1959, 10 experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. Otorten translates to "don't go there" in the local Mansi language. During the trip, one of the skiers fell ill and returned. The remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl, or "Mountain of the Dead." On the night of February 1, 1959, something or someone caused the skiers to...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident — unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes — have led to decades of speculation over what really...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
xvi, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Climb is Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev's account of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest attempt, a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of eight people.
Author
Publisher
Random House Australia
Pub. Date
1999, c1997
Physical Desc
x, 369 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1987 Australian Michael Groom lost a third of both his feet to frostbite while climbing one of the world's highest mountains. He was told to forget about an active, outdoor life but by 1990 he had not only taught himself to walk again, he was back climbing the Himalayas. In 1999 he achieved his goal of climbing all five of the world's highest mountains. During many cold, lonely, pain racked nights, he was tempted to give up. One thing got him...
Author
Publisher
Good Hart Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
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. After the Wind tells the harrowing story of what went wrong, as it has never been told before -- including why the climbers were so desperately out of time as the rogue storm struck. His personal story, captured in the title AFTER THE WIND, tells about the intense moments near the top. These moments also...
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