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Climbing Everest is a stunning illustrated history of climbing on the world's highest mountain. Divided into six chapters and featuring six sidebars and maps, this volume is packed with information and reads like the best page-turner. Triumphant summits and tragic failures are all here. Each chapter focuses on a famous climb by portraying the climber or climbing team in fascinating detail. Chapter 1 features George Mallory, the golden mountaineer of the 1920s whose unexplained death on Everest rocked Great Britain and the world. In Chapter 2, the story of Tenzing Norgay's life frames the moment when humans first stood on top of the world. Next, in Chapter 3, the Chinese conquer the mountain from Tibet, winning glory for their country as shown through rarely seen photographs. Chapter 4 gets inside the head of Reinhold Messner, one of the greatest climbers the world has ever known, and details his two monumental Everest climbs - the first summit without supplemental oxygen and the first solo summit. In Chapter 5, Americans summit via the never-before-climbed, treacherous East Face. Braving avalanches and mastering incredibly difficult technical climbing, the 1983 expedition placed two groups on the summit via this pioneering route. And last, Chapter 6 covers the heartbreaking 1996 tragedy when eight climbers lost their lives in a single storm. The author has a unique perspective on this tragedy because she was at Base Camp during the event. Sidebars provide fascinating mountain information, including altitude and its effects, Everest's unique geography, the Sherpa culture, and the need for conservation on the no-longer-pristine mountain slopes. Back matter reference material includes a detailed Everest chronology, a glossary of climbing terms, an Everest Hall of Fame biography section, a chart of Everest records, a detailed bibliography and resource section, and an index.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
You would think that a publication containing the National Geographic logo would be a safe enough bet and value for money. Well that's what I thought and how wrong was I ?
This book is just under 130 pages long and although I agree a book should be judged on it's content rather than size I will say this, Mount Everest is huge and this book purports to have captured the triumphs, the tragedies and the tales. I disagree totally what we get for our money is a very brief synopsis of some of the major events of Everest history namely : The George Mallory attempt, Tenzing Norgays heroics, The Chinese attempt, Reinhold Messner's record breaking climb, The American attempt of the east side and the deadly storm of 1996. Yes that's it I'm afraid and it's written in a font thats bordering on braille, the only saving grace to this sorry pile is the striking photography. So buyer beware if you want to see some nice pictures and be able to read this at a distance of forty yards this is the book for you, if not ...........
****** Update 30/3/09 ******
Amazon has rather cheekily added reading level ages 9 - 12 to this book. It wasn't there when I purchased and certainly not when I reviewed. Well the above review is now rendered useless..... Nuff said !!
This book is just under 130 pages long and although I agree a book should be judged on it's content rather than size I will say this, Mount Everest is huge and this book purports to have captured the triumphs, the tragedies and the tales. I disagree totally what we get for our money is a very brief synopsis of some of the major events of Everest history namely : The George Mallory attempt, Tenzing Norgays heroics, The Chinese attempt, Reinhold Messner's record breaking climb, The American attempt of the east side and the deadly storm of 1996. Yes that's it I'm afraid and it's written in a font thats bordering on braille, the only saving grace to this sorry pile is the striking photography. So buyer beware if you want to see some nice pictures and be able to read this at a distance of forty yards this is the book for you, if not ...........
****** Update 30/3/09 ******
Amazon has rather cheekily added reading level ages 9 - 12 to this book. It wasn't there when I purchased and certainly not when I reviewed. Well the above review is now rendered useless..... Nuff said !!
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Straightforward Read for Young People
12 Feb 2008
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I ordered this book not noticing it really is for young readers, but it was probably the most straightforward reading I've done in a while. Ms. Salkeld clearly knows her stuff and I actually learned some information not previously read elsewhere. I recommend this book for any school library.
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