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No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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The author relates his experience of climbing Mount Everest during its deadliest season and examines what it is about the mountain that makes people willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.
3) Breathless
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Journalist Cecily Wong is in over her head. She's come to Mount Manaslu, the eighth highest peak in the world, to interview internationally famous mountaineer Charles McVeigh on the last leg of a record-breaking series of summits. She's given up everything for this story--her boyfriend, her life savings, the peace she's made with her climbing failures in the past--but it's a career-making opportunity. It could finally put her life back on track....
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Mountaineers Books
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English
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Everything you need to know to avoid trouble in avalanche terrain, by a professional avalanche forecaster. A complete avalanche manual aimed at the nonprofessional outdoor person. Ideal for snowboarders, snowshoers, skiers, climbers, hikers, and others. Provides step-by-step instruction for determining avalanche hazards, using safe travel techniques, and making effective rescues.
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St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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English
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Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. For them, perhaps, it is worth the cost. But, when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude risk-taker? What is life like in the shadow of the mountain? Such questions have long been taboo in the world of mountaineering. Now, the spouses, parents and...
6) Snow rising
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Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Jason Snow signs up for a mountain climbing expedition in hopes of finding some meaning in life. Coached by mountain guide Clara Schroeder, Jason Snow finds a new, more authentic way of living.
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Tantor Media
Pub. Date
p2011
Edition
Unabr. ed.
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English
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Having had no chance to save his friend, Davidson had to save himself by climbing out of the crevasse, and the odds against him were long. Davidson was injured, exhausted, and probably in shock. He lacked both the requisite technical aid-climbing experience and most of the proper gear. But he drew strength from recollections of Joe Simpson's against-all-odds self-rescue in Touching the Void. After many hours of struggle, Davidson finally climbed back...
8) Meru
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Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
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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Global Search and Rescue volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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"Jenny Calhoun climbs mountains to forget what she's done, who she was. But this time, when an excursion up Denali turns deadly, she is forced to accept the help of the one man she hoped she'd never see again--the man she nearly killed"--Provided by publisher.
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Capstone Press
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[2017]
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English
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Since the beginning of time, we have been fascinated with heights. Mount Everest, therefore, is at the tip top of our fascination. In this tale, you call the shots in trying to conquer dizzying heights. Each decision becomes more important than the last as you climb heavenward. Will you make it? Will you fall? Will you survive at all? YOU CHOOSE how this adventure ends.-- amazon.com
19) The edge
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Peak volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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"Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition--and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded"--
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