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Heroic jobs
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Chris Oxlade |
This book explains the variety of jobs and hard work that mountain rescuers and their teams and equipment do to save people hurt or trapped in mountainous areas. |
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Che fifa sul Kilimangiaro!
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Elisabetta Dami |
Bruce Hyena convinces Geronimo to join him in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, a task for which the mouse journalist is completely unprepared. |
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Climbing
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David Armentrout |
Examines the different kinds of climbing, on mountains, rocks, and ice, and discusses techniques, how to learn, safety aspects, and competitions. |
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Captives of endless snow
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Priscilla Turner |
Describes the ordeal of three teenagers who set out to climb to the summit of Oregon's Mount Hood and encounter snowstorms, an avalanche, and starvation. |
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People at work in mountain rescue
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Deborah Fox |
Describes the people who work on a mountain rescue team, their training, and their use of dogs and helicopters in search and rescue. |
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To the top!
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Sydelle Kramer |
Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest. |
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Walter Harper, Alaska native son
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Mary F. Ehrlander |
xx, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
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The longest climb
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Dominic Faulkner |
One man's extraordinary journey from the bottom of the earth to the top. This is not solely the story of an expedition. It is also the moving account of Dominic's struggle to finally accept the heart… |
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Extreme Eiger
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Leni Gillman,Peter Gillman |
The North Face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps was one of the most dangerous climbs in the mountaineering world, costing the lives of numerous intrepid explorers. In February 1966, two teams - one fro… |
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Trapped on the rock
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Gerry Bailey |
"Separated from his science team on a mountain after a landslide, Joe is in no hurry to get back. The slide has carried a wealth of fossils with it for him to study! Joe examines these and the mounta… |
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Highpoint adventures
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Charlie Winger,Diane Winger |
302 p. : 22 cm |
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Climbing Mount Everest
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Brigitte Muir |
Literacy focus: vocabulary, identifying prefixes and suffixes, using descriptive words, decoding compound words, following a sequence of events, distinguishing fact from opinion, making observations.… |
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Hey, lady! How did you get way up here?
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Judy Fracher |
ix, 162 p. : 21 cm |
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Exposed
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Brad McQueen |
"In May of 2001, the author and his wife and father were stranded overnight on Mount Evans during a freak late-spring blizzard. Melissa punched through snow into a creek and ended up spending the nig… |
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Mental illness
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Gilda Berger |
Describes symptoms of mental illness, treatments, and legal rights of mental patients. |
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Le choix du vide
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Steph Davis |
Steph Davis, une américaine hors limite, qui aime prendre des risques, se laissant guider par son instinct et agissant en fonction de ce qu'elle ressent au plus profond d'elle-même. Pour inégalée qu'… |
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High summits
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F. L. Wolfe |
High Summits is a comprehensive, rich history of mountaineering, the result of over 30 years of research into the fascinating world of international mountaineering. An essential guide to mountaineeri… |
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Survival! in the mountains
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Ken McMurtry |
Presents facts about mountains and information necessary for survival when mountain climbing. |
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K2, triumph and tragedy
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Curran, Jim. |
K2, "the savage mountain", is the second-highest peak in the world - and the most difficult to climb. In 1986, it was the site of both dazzling triumph and great loss as twenty-seven men and women re… |
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Kamet east, Kamet west
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Kumar, Narinder |
Report on 1983 expedition to Kamet mountain in Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, by the members of the Kumaon Regiment. |
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