| Description |
56 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Ages 10 and up. |
| Summary |
The author, who became the 131st person to reach the peak of Mount Everest in 1982, recounts his experience, and explains how his achievement came with a heavy price as he and his expedition faced hidden crevasses, blinding snowstorms, horrible altitude sickness, and more. Skreslet shares details of the climb, which is illustrated with full-color photos. |
| Contents |
Almost there -- Growing up -- Learning to climb -- Mountain -- Gear for the climb -- Heading to Everest -- Life at base camp -- Who's who on the team -- Climbing on icefall -- Disaster strikes -- Down the mountain -- Back on Everest -- Going it alone -- Life on the mountain -- Getting there -- Weather closes in -- We head for camp four -- Early morning climb -- Top of the world! -- Dangerous descent -- Heading home -- After Everest -- Glossary. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 2.0 53361. |
| Subject |
Skreslet, Laurie -- Juvenile literature.
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Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Juvenile literature.
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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature.
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Mountaineers -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Skreslet, Laurie.
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Mountaineers.
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Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel.
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| Added Author |
MacLeod, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
1550747215: $18.95 |
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9781550747218 |
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1550748149 |
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9781550748147 |
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