Book Description
A unique climbing history, featuring major ascents and the first-person perspectives of climbers from around the world.
Author : Leni Gillman
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Mountaineering
ISBN : 0898867800
A unique climbing history, featuring major ascents and the first-person perspectives of climbers from around the world.
Author : Broughton Coburn
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : 9780792271147
A biography of Edmund Hillary, whose love of snow, mountains, and the outdoor life culminated in his conquering the highest peak in the world.
Author : Broughton Coburn
Publisher : National Geographic Photobiogr
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780792279327
A biography of Edmund Hillary, whose love of snow, mountains, and the outdoor life culminated in his conquering the highest peak in the world.
Author : Audrey Salkeld
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : 9780792251057
Gripping accounts of adventure and danger give an up-close look at six famous ascents of the world's highest mountain. 45 photos, some in color.
Author : Broughton Coburn
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Mountaineering
ISBN :
A biography of Edmund Hillary, whose love of snow, mountains, and the outdoor life culminated in his conquering the highest peak in the world.
Author : Stacy Allison
Publisher : Delta
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 14,6 MB
Release : 1996-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385314039
BEYOND THE LIMITS--A Woman's Triumph On Everest recounts the story of Stacy Allison's climb of Mount Everest to become the first American woman to reach the summit. Stacy's skill in mountaineering was attained through experience on the highest peaks of North America, Russia, and the Himalayan peaks of K2 and Ama Dablam. After suffering a first attempt failure on Mount Everest, Stacy assumed she would not have another opportunity to climb the mountain. The journey to reach her ultimate goal--beginning with the dream, traversing through the challenges, both in her personal life and as a member of an elite climbing team--has lessons that can motivate the reader to believe that anything is possible.
Author : Ed Webster
Publisher :
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The story of Ed Webster's 5 years on and off of Everest.
Author : Ed Douglas
Publisher : National Geographic Society
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
In 1953, Tenzing Norgay was at the heart of the successful British Everest expedition as leader of the Sherpas whose hard work brought victory and as one of the two lead climbers to reach the top. But behind Tenzing’s radiant smile is an untold story of courage, tragedy, and ambition, of a man who overcame incredible odds just to reach the bottom of the mountain. Born in a sacred Tibetan valley in the shadow of Everest, Tenzing’s long journey led him from life as an illiterate yak herder to become the friend of Nehru, feted by monarchs and presidents all over the world. Set against the backdrop of one of the greatest chapters in the history of exploration, Tenzing: Hero of Everest recounts the jubilant moments at the summit: “Tenzing was effusive, putting an arm around Hillary’s shoulders, and thumping him on the back with infectious delight. Hillary joined in.... Now all below them...the valleys where Tenzing had grown up. ‘It was such a sight as I had never seen before,’ he said, ‘and would never see again—wild, wonderful, and terrible. But terror was not what I felt. I loved the mountains too well for that. I loved Everest too well.’” Mountaineering historian Ed Douglas reveals for the first time Tenzing’s long climb from obscurity. Drawing on extensive interviews with family members, climbing partners, and members of the Sherpa community in Darjeeling and Nepal, the book chronicles his rise to fame and the aftermath of his triumph. The result is a wealth of new material about a man who made his people famous and whose life was the stuff of legend.
Author : Stacy Allison
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : 9780316907682
At 29,028 feet, Mount Everest is the world's highest, most challenging mountain, looming in our imagination as a monument to the impossible; for every three climbers who reach its elusive summit, one dies trying. But for one moment in 1988, Stacy Allison stood alone on this mythic peak - the only spot on earth where she couldn't climb any higher. At that moment, Allison became the first American woman ever to reach the summit of Everest.
Author : John Hunt Baron Hunt
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
ISBN : 9780898863611
Expedition leader John Hunt's account of the first ascent of Mount Everest's summit in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.