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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 35 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Lloyd James. |
| Summary |
This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world, but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor leadership, bad decisions, and a blinding storm conspired to kill. Twenty-three men and women, disoriented and out of oxygen, struggled to find their way down the side of the mountain. In the dark, battered by snow and driven by hurricane-force winds, some of the climbers became hopelessly lost and resigned themselves to death. But head climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev refused to give up hope. Climbing blind in the maw of a life-threatening storm, Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Mountain Madness (Firm). Everest Expedition (1996)
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Boukreev, Anatoli.
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Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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DeWalt, G. Weston.
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James, Lloyd.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781538597910 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1538597918 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10025857 |
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