himalaya mountains

"Separated from his science team on a mountain after a landslide, Joe is in no hurry to get back. The slide has carried a wealth of fossils with it for him to study! Joe examines these and the mountain terrain to learn how the mountains formed and figure out how old they are."--Provided by publisher.

Journal excerpts help chronicle the experiences mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev had while climbing Mount McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manashu, and Everest.

Describes what it would be like to climb one of the great peaks in the Himalaya Mountains.

A young snow leopard hunts among the other animal inhabitants of her snow-covered home in the Himalayan peaks of northern India.

FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, fall into a dangerous assignment at a remote Tibetan monastery when they are asked to recover a stolen relic with a deadly curse.

Examines the CIA's installation of a nuclear-powered spy device, which was never removed, atop Nanda Devi to track Chinese troops; the threat the instrument poses; and the author's climbing experiences in the region.