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In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter. If David Sharp's death was...
5) Nepal
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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Describes the geography, history, economy, language, religions, culture, people, plants, and animals of Nepal.
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xvi, 281 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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The author gives an account of his three attempts to climb Annapurna, as well a history of others' attempts. He was eventually successful, and with that summit, had climbed all fourteen of the world's 8,000 meter peaks, the first and only American to do so.
7) Nepal
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1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Nepal, the birthplace of Buddha, is draped along the Himalayan Range between India and Tibet. It continues to attract travelers to this unique and beautiful Shangrila. Ian Wright's journey takes him from the traveler's mecca of Kathmandu, to the western reaches of the country and then on a popular trek through the mountainous regions. He ends his trip in Pulma, the most remote region of Nepal.
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xv, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Chronicles the first American expedition to Mount Everest in May 1963, profiling the team of climbers while examining the impact the mission had on the American consciousness and sense of identity during the Cold War.
10) The world beneath their feet: mountaineering, madness, and the deadly race to summit the Himalayas
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xix, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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"While tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was raging across the Himalayas. Contingents from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States had set up rival camps at the base of the mountains, all hoping to become recognized as the fastest, strongest, and bravest climbers in the world. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, this contest involved not only the greatest mountain...
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xviii, 429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
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A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott, along with his friend Renan Ozturk, a filmmaker using drones, into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as "the Year Everest Broke." What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe and a mountain that will consume your soul--and your life--if you let it. The mystery? On June 8, 1924, George Mallory...
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"In 2016 and 2018 acclaimed author and conservationist William deBuys joined extended medical expeditions into Upper Dolpo, a remote, ethnically Tibetan region of northwestern Nepal, to provide basic medical services to the residents of the region. Having written about climate change and species extinction, deBuys went on those journeys seeking solace. He needed to find a constructive way of living with the discouraging implications of what he had...
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