Everest: Triumph and Tragedy on the World's Highest Peak by Matt Dickinson - Hardcover - 2002 - from Nan's Book Shop and Biblio.com

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Film maker and author Dickinson offers up an interactive guide to the mountain, featuring pullout histories, a map to trace your path up, and even a Tibetan prayer flag like those past successful climbers have left at the summit.

Everest: Triumph and Tragedy on the World's Highest Peak

by Dickinson, Matt

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Book description: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper Resource, 2002. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. NEW - Everest brings the mountain to life through removable historic maps and artifacts. From the evolution of the Himalayas millions of years ago to the wildlie that inhabits the region today, from the people who live in its shadow to the ones who dream of standing on its summit, this book conveys the triumphs and tragedies of Everest in a unique format that no other book can match. Read the diary of Maurice Wilson, who recorded his final words as he gradually descended into madness at 6,400 meters and died on Everest's slopes. Chart a route on an early map of Everest, as surveyed by the first reconnaissance in 1921. 31 pages, well illustrated, some in color. The book is still in the publishers plastic. Originally sold at $29.95. US. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bookseller: Nan's Book Shop (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 002118
Format/binding: Hard Cover
Book condition: New
Jacket condition: No Jacket
Quantity available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0060188065
ISBN 13: 9780060188061
Publisher: Harper Resource
Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 2002
Pages: 32
Size: 10 x 10 x 0.5 inches
LCCN: GV199.44.E85
Dewey: 796.5/22/095496
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Keywords: EVEREST MOUNT CHINA NEPAL MOUNTAINEERING SPORTS MAP ROUTE
Subjects: Literal;

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