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Author Hull, Jennifer (Teacher), author.

Title Shook : an earthquake, a legendary mountain guide, and Everest's deadliest day / Jennifer Hull.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2020.

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Summary "Dave Hahn, a local of Taos, New Mexico, is a legendary figure in mountaineering. Elite members of the climbing community have likened him to the Michael Jordan, Cal Ripkin, or Michael Phelps of the clibming world. Dave has not only shattered world records, but he has done so while climbing as a working guide with nonprofessional clients safely in tow. The 2015 Everest expedition he would lead came just one year after the notorious Khumbu Icefall avalanche claimed the lives of sixteen Sherpas. Dave and his team--sherpa sirdar Chhering Dorjee, assistant guide JJ Justman, base-camp manager Mark Tucker, and the eight clients who had trained for the privilege to attempt to summit with Dave Hahn--spent weeks trekking to Base Camp, riding out storms, and making reconnaissance runs while acclimating to the perilous altitutde and honing the techniques that would help keep them alive through the Icefall and the Death Zone. None of this could have prepared them for the earthquake that shook Everest and all of their lives on the morning of April 25, 2015. Shook tells the story of resilience, nerve, and survival on the deadliest day on Everest"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Cast of characters -- Camp one, Everest -- Kathmandu -- Okinawa -- Lukla -- Angel Fire -- Namche Bazaar -- The Death Zone -- Chomolungma -- Tengboche monastery -- Pangboche -- Pheriche -- Thok La -- Mount Everest South Base Camp -- Gorak Shep -- Rainier Mountainerring, Incorporated, Base Camp -- Pumori -- The Khumbu Country Club -- The icefall -- The Western Cwm -- The valley of silence.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Print version record.
Subject Hahn, Dave.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Mountaineers -- Biography.
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History.
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- 21st century.
Earthquakes -- Nepal.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Earthquakes. (OCoLC)fst00900899
Mountaineering. (OCoLC)fst01028334
Mountaineering expeditions. (OCoLC)fst01028355
Mountaineers. (OCoLC)fst01028364
Asia -- Mount Everest. (OCoLC)fst01333948
Nepal. (OCoLC)fst01206102
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Hull, Jennifer. Shook. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2020 0826361943 (OCoLC)1153023673
ISBN 9780826361950 (electronic book)
0826361951 (electronic book)
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