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4) The world beneath their feet: mountaineering, madness, and the deadly race to summit the Himalayas
Author
Publisher
: Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"While tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle was raging across the Himalayas. Contingents from Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the United States had set up rival camps at the base of the mountains, all hoping to become recognized as the fastest, strongest, and bravest climbers in the world. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, this contest involved not only the greatest mountain...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The amount of oxygen available at the highest place on Earth is just under 7 percent. Explorers risk their lives and test their lungs traveling to these great heights atop mountains. Who are these adventurers and why do they do it?
7) Savage summit: the true stories of the five women who climbed K2, the world's most feared mountain
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
8) The summit
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of eleven mountaineers who mysteriously perished on K2 in 2008.