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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.
2) Meru
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
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English
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Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain. In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak and the first successful climb up the hazardous West Ridge (a climb so difficult no one has yet repeated it). In 2012, adventurer...
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M. Beazley
Pub. Date
c1994
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224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.
Language
English
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This book encompasses the rich, broad spectrum of adventure that is mountain climbing, in a remarkable selection of first-hand accounts -- most never before published -- by 40 of the foremost mountaineers of modern times. Great Climbs looks at the development of climbing in the great mountainous areas of the world, from the Alps and remote ranges of Europe to the big walls and super ice of North America, from South America and the last great wilderness...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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"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...
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Discovery Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
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2 videodiscs (347 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A team of men and women take on one of the world's highest mountains with the help of expedition leader Russell Brice.
Dream chasers: Expedition leader Russell Brice anticipates the dangers his team will be facing as the climbers scale the mighty mountain. Meanwhile, the team members realize what they are up against when they witness two professional mountaineers fighting for their lives.
On the ropes: Russell sets his team a five-hour deadline...
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Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
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1 videodisc (4 hr., 47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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First Summit: Everest gives up it's first summit of the season, and takes its first victim.
Impossible Dream: After a knee injury ended his football career, John Golden overcomes a disability to attempt the highest goal on earth.
Deadly Countdown: Astronaut Scott Parazynski attempts to be the first spacewalker on the summit of Everest.
Death Zone Gridlock: Three weeks into the busiest season ever on Everest, climbers crowd the slopes. When a hundred...
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Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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3 videodiscs (287 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Follows a climbing expedition up Mount Everest, including a double-amputee and an asthmatic as climbers.
Summit dreams: At Everest base camp, newly arrived climbers struggle to acclimate to the Himalayas' extreme altitude.
The gatekeeper: After they learn of a Sherpa's death from altitude sickness, expedition members struggle to prepare themselves.
To the summit: The expedition is divided into two teams for the five-day summit assault. The expedition...
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Atria
Pub. Date
2012
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244 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm
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English
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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...
11) Makalu
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Publisher
Sport
Pub. Date
1978
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1 v. (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
Czech
Description
Photo album of the Czechoslovak 1973 and 1976 expeditions.
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Publisher
Granada
Pub. Date
1984
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322 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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English
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The avalanche deaths of climbers Alex Lowe and Dave Bridges have renewed attention to Tibet's 8,027-meter Shisha Pangma and past climbs on its sheer, glacial faces. One of the more infamous is the 1982 ascent by Alex McIntyre, Doug Scott, and Roger Baxter-Jones, who summited from the unclimbed southwest face. Open to foreign tourists for less than four years, Tibet had been hobbled by the military presence of the Chinese, and the resulting communist...
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
239 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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Celebrating the first ascent of Mount Everest in May 1953 with exclusive access to the remarkable imagery and private archives of legendary climber and photographer George Lowe, who accompanied Hillary and Norgay on that first triumphant expedition. Published to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, this visually spectacular book features a trove of original photographs and other rare materials from the George Lowe collection,...
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Good Hart Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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English
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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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Collins Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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xii, 194 pages : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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K2 is one of the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountains. At 8,611 meters/28,251 feet, the world's second tallest mountain is regarded by most climbers as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering. On 1 August 2008 Ger McDonnell became the first Irish person to reach the summit of K2. But neither Ger nor the other climbers knew that their descent would witness one of the worst tragedies in recent climbing history. The Time Has Come pieces...
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Everest Peace Project
Pub. Date
c2007
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1 videodisc (63 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Filmed on location in Nepal, Tibet, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, U.A.E, and the United States, the film chronicles the spectacular journey of 9 "peace climbers" from different faiths and cultures who set aside their differences to forge a path of teamwork and cooperation to attempt to summit the world's highest peak. This however, is easier said than done. Their nations have been embroiled in a brutal war for years; each believes they are on the right...
20) Blindsight
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
To overcome the stigma of blindness in Tibetan society, blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and educator Sabriye Tenberken lead a group of visually impaired teens up Mount Everest.
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