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Author
Series
Global Search and Rescue volume 1
Language
English
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Description
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.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Description
Presents the stories of the sherpas who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when eleven other climbers died on K2 in August 2008.
5) Autumn skies
Author
Series
Bluebell Inn volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
When secret service agent Wyatt, who is staying at her family's inn, needs a mountain guide, Grace steps in and as their journey progresses, Grace and Wyatt are drawn to each other, but secrets from Wyatt's past may either bring Grace's world crashing down or help them both heal from traumatic events in their past.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadly as Everest, K2 has claimed the lives of seventy-seven climbers since 1954. In August 2008 eleven climbers died in a single thirty-six-hour period on K2-the worst single-event tragedy in the mountain's history and the second-worst...
Author
Publisher
Good Hart Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Overview: 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. Now he tells the harrowing story of what went wrong, as it has never been told before - including why the climbers were desperately late and out of time. His personal story, captured in the title AFTER THE WIND, tells about the intense moments near the top. These moments also revealed the love story...
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo follows clues in a diary all the way to Mouse Everest in search of his old friend Professor von Volt who has mysteriously disappeared.
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