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To the Top: The Story of Mount Everest | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen Venables
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1209756
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0763621153
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.522095496
EAN: 9780763621155
ASIN: 0763621153
Publication Date: May 1, 2003
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Product Description
Breathtaking photos and an intriguing narrative capture the allure of the world’s highest mountain - and the spirit of the many adventurous souls who have dared to attempt the ultimate climb.
What compels human beings to risk their lives scaling the world’s tallest peak? What challenges do they encounter along the way? Who are the Sherpas, whose guidance and skill keep foreign mountaineers safe? What does it feel like to stand atop Mount Everest, high above Tibet and Nepal?
Esteemed author and climber Stephen Venables answers these questions and many more in a fascinating narrative, accompanied by spectacular photographs from the Royal Geographical Society in London. With a special focus on the first successful climb by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953, this magnificent book touches also on the history of the mountain, earlier failed missions, and the effect that growing Himalayan tourism has had on local people and on the mysterious Mount Everest itself.
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Excellent and informative. January 14, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The informative, but easy and readable style of this book will allow for many people to actually enjoy reading non-fiction about something they might have been required to study. The sections on how physically demanding the trek to Everest is were interesting. Amid all the IMAX films and articles, I'd forgotten what an amazing feat of the human body this is. It's very historical too, and hearing about the forgotten people who came before Sir Edmund Hillary was a treat. Coming from someone who has hiked up Everest himself, it makes the book all the more rewarding and fascinating. The author has been in all of these frozen, dangerous places! Excellent and informative.
Everest by Steven Venables September 5, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The work depicts many color prints of Mount Everest. It shows the
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, a View from the Top,
Artifacts for the 1953 Mt. Everest Expedition and a Portrait
of a Tibetan mother and child. There is an interesting
Buddhist monk wearing a yak headdress. The presentation
contains some historical data on Sir George Everest and
pictures of various expedition forces in process of
climbing the famous mountain. This book is a worthy purchase
as a gift for a child or senior citizen.
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