mountaineering

Contains over four hundred color photographs and detailed instructions to the sport of rock climbing.

Presents the life and accomplishments of Edmund Hillary the famous explorer from New Zealand, one of the first to scale Mount Everest.

X's friends believe he can excel at any extreme sport, so when they want to check out the new climbing wall at the mall, he decides to hide his fear of heights rather than have them think him a coward.

Summarizes attempts to climb to the top of Mount Everest from the first expedition in 1922 to the first ascent by an all-woman team in 1975.

A study and celebration of North America's highest peak presents the stories of the men and women whose destinies have become intertwined with that of the dangerous moutain during struggles to reach its summit.

A team of women brave frostbite, altitude sickness, waist-deep snow, and avalanches to climb Annapurna, 11th highest peak in the world.

Presents the science behind mountain climbing including the effects of high altitudes on the human body.