everest, mount (china and nepal)

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.

Draws from the recollections of climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev and other survivors to tell the story of the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest which occurred on May 10, 1996, when twenty-three climbers from two commercial expeditions were caught in a killing storm while attempting to reach their high-altitude base camp.

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.

Lincoln Hall describes his experiences after deciding to pursue a long-delayed dream to climb Mt. Everest in the spring of 2006, telling how he was declared dead and left behind after he collapsed from altitude sickness and Sherpas were unable to revive him, and discussing his miraculous rescue by an American guide the following day who discovered him sitting on the summit ridge, frostbitten, confused, but still alive.

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.

Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

Chronicles Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's 1953 expedition to the summit of Mount Everest, describing how the pair became the first to ever reach the mountain's summit, the preparations they made for the climb, and the challenges they faced along the way.

Describes various aspects of climbing Mount Everest, from deciding when to climb and outfitting an expedition, to surviving the Death Zone and descending, using examples from real expeditions.

A collection of true stories about men and women who have climbed Mount Everest.