everest, mount (china and nepal)

The author describes how he spent his teenage years climbing mountains in the United States, South America, Africa, and Asia, with an emphasis on his two expeditions up Mount Everest.

In 2007, fourteen-year-old Nick Fitzmorgan arrives home to find that his father has disappeared but has left clues, including blood on an MP-3 player and goofy song lyrics, that lead the young detective all the way to Mount Everest.

Surveys the various attempts to climb Mount Everest and gives a detailed account of the successful climb made by Hillary and Tenzing.

Photographs and simple text describe Mount Everest and introduce the explorers who have climbed it.

An account of the first expedition to climb the world's highest mountain.

Looks at the difficulty climbers face when ascending Mount Everest, from the deep crevasses to the jagged towers of ice, and what is required to succeed.

One year after Derek Sodoc dies while climbing Mount Everest, the remaining members from that expedition return to the mountain, hoping to find his body and learn the truth about what happened to their friend.

This book is the story of Stacy Allison, America's premier mountain climber, who in 1988 was the first American woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Includes photographs recounting the climb.

Chronicles the 2006 climbing season on Mount Everest, which became one of the deadliest, and most controversial, seasons in the mountain's history, with a media backlash the surprised many of the mountain's most seasoned guides.

Chronicles the history of exploration of Mt. Everest, featuring photographs and essays assembled in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's successful climb to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1953.