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Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For most people, climbing the largest mountains in the world is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For mountain guides, it's just another day at work! Meet the people who risk their lives to help others have adventures on the highest peaks."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young French Chamonix...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill., col. photos.
Language
English
Description
Author and climber Stephen Venables discusses the history of Mt. Everest, the first successful climb by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, and the effect that growing Himalayan tourism has had on local people and on the mysterious Mt. Everest itself.
Author
Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 10
Publisher
Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lily is a great team player, but she finds it hard to speak up and make herself heard. When a fun activity at camp lands her unexpectedly on a mountaineering adventure with Bear Grylls, there are challenges for Lily on every cliff"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale transports...
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dan starts to win some wrestling matches, Biff and the "in" crowd let him be part of their group. This is what Dan has always wanted, and his attitude toward the other Scrubs wavers. Will Dan realize who his real friends are?
8) 127 hours
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn...
