Scaling Mount Everest / Danielle Haynes
Material type: TextSeries: Life on the edge (PowerKids Press)Publisher: Buffalo, NY : PowerKids Press, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:- 1642827142
- 9781642827149
- 1642827150
- 9781642827156
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | New | 796.522 H424 | Available | 33111011250913 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
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.