Scaling Mount Everest /
Haynes, Danielle,
Scaling Mount Everest / Danielle Haynes - 32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm - Life on the edge . - Life on the edge (PowerKids Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disaster strikes -- Making history -- Training to climb -- Gearing up -- timing is everything -- Plotting a route -- Pretty penny -- Danger on the mountain -- Record climbs -- Keep climbing.
When it comes to climbing mountains, there's no greater challenge than Mount Everest. At nearly 30,000 feet (8,848 m) above sea level, it's the tallest mountain on Earth. With a challenging terrain and extreme cold, only the bravest attempt to climb Mount Everest each year. In this book, young readers will learn all about what makes this mountain so dangerous and why some climbers may choose to tackle it. Informative sidebars and vivid photographs will engage and excite readers.
1642827142 9781642827149 1642827150 9781642827156
Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Scaling Mount Everest / Danielle Haynes - 32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm - Life on the edge . - Life on the edge (PowerKids Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disaster strikes -- Making history -- Training to climb -- Gearing up -- timing is everything -- Plotting a route -- Pretty penny -- Danger on the mountain -- Record climbs -- Keep climbing.
When it comes to climbing mountains, there's no greater challenge than Mount Everest. At nearly 30,000 feet (8,848 m) above sea level, it's the tallest mountain on Earth. With a challenging terrain and extreme cold, only the bravest attempt to climb Mount Everest each year. In this book, young readers will learn all about what makes this mountain so dangerous and why some climbers may choose to tackle it. Informative sidebars and vivid photographs will engage and excite readers.
1642827142 9781642827149 1642827150 9781642827156
Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Juvenile literature.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.