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Everest - Mountain Without Mercy
| Publisher: | National Geographic Society |
| Catalogue number: | 66188 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 3 - 4 weeks |
This book tells the story of the 1996 American expedition whose goal it was to carry a specially modified 48-pound IMAX® motion picture camera to the summit of Everest to take the first footage ever...
Everest: The Summit of Achievement
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 114817 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 weeks |
A stunning collection of pictures and documents from the Royal Geographical Society archive to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the ascent of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Contributors include...
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An Everest Anniversary - Searching for Ghosts
Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were about to achieve what no other man had yet achieved: reach the summit of the highest mountain on earth. Before this, many tried with no luck.
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Read moreI have the distinct memory of standing high above Thulo Syabru, a ridge village in the Langtang region. The sun was highlighting the magnificent Langtang range we had just trekked through and it had turned into a good day, after a somewhat shaky start. Kay, Hori and I had just walked up 500m of steep mountainside, with over 600m to go.
Read morePeaks of 8,000 metres, Earth’s deepest valley and a dizzyingly high mountain pass are just some of the attractions to draw you into Nepal’s Annapurna region. Also on offer is a complete absence of cars and a veritable feast, both literally and figuratively speaking, of yak-based products!
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