mountaineering

Text, maps, photographs, diagrams, and illustrations describe climbs to the summits of the world's highest mountains and provide information on dangers mountaineers face and different climbing surfaces and conditions.

Describes the realities and risks of attempting to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, from the perspective of a member of a team of British mountaineers in 1952.

Discusses how to survive in the mountains, with depictions, in graphic novel format, of three true survival stories, including a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 and the case involving Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a rock while climbing in Utah in 2003.

Relates the 1996 experiences of Jon Krakauer, a writer for Outside magazine, as he joined a group attempting to climb to the highest point on Earth, the summit of Mt. Everest.

Laurie Skreslet discusses how he overcame poor balance and a fear of heights to become an accomplished mountain climber.

Discusses the way mountains are formed, describes the mountain people of the Himalayas and the Andes, and tells about the history of mountain climbing.

Discusses the life of British mountain climber, George Mallory, the discovery of his body seventy-five years after his death, and the debate over whether Mallory was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

A biography of Edmund Hillary, whose love of snow, mountains, and the outdoor life culminated in his conquering the highest peak in the world.

An anthology of prose writings about climbing on the world's two highest and best-known mountains, Everest and K2; featuring selections authored between 1933 and 1996.

Describes the final stages of the conquest of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey.