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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
[New ed.].
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Mo Anthoine, who found joy in adventures that tested the limits of human endurance. His passion for 'feeding the rat' made him the unsung hero of dozens of horrifying epics in the mountains, including the Ogre expedition that nearly killed Doug Scott and Sir Chris Bonington.
Author
Publisher
ABC Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Language
English
Description
?I believe that nothing is impossible if you dare to dream, plan and take action. I?m an ordinary girl who simply refused to give up on a dream, and that?s all it takes to succeed in life.? Alyssa Azar is unstoppable. When she was just eight years old, she walked the gruelling Kokoda Track, the youngest person in the world to do so. At 12 she climbed the 10 highest peaks in Australia. Two years later she touched the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Now,...
Author
Publisher
Virgin
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 2006, 11 people died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the most fatalities since 1996. Nick Heil tells the story of two climbers - one who died and one who survived - and looks at how far some people will go in their single-minded pursuit of the ultimate mountaineering prize.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this work of history and adventure Wade Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept on climbing on that fateful day. His answer lies in a single phrase uttered by one of the survivors as they retreated from the mountain: 'The price of life is death'.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest. This is the story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds and death-defying ridges to reach the...
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