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The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm 40 reviews
Matt Dickinson
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Different, and excellent!
The south side of Everest gets most of the press, it would seem. Yet it's the north side that pioneers Mallory and Irvine nearly succeeded in scaling, in 1924; and the North Face had its full share of climbers during the now infamous spring 1996 season. Among those climbers was British film director Matt Dickinson.
From the expedition's start, this is a different adventure than the one so ...
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Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals 12 reviews
F. Alton Everest
Artistpro, 2006
essential tool for all audio students
This book is acutally a compilation of two of Alton Everests ear training books. The first, Critical listening skills, plays different frequencies, amplitudes, bands, filters, amount of total harmonic distorion, and revervbs. Then you are forced to recognize changes within these different areas. These are crucial ear training skills for anyone trying to break into the world of audio. It's not ...
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Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine 6 reviews
Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, ...
Mountaineers Books, 2001
A great book that answers some questions but creates more questions.
I had never heard of Mallory or Irvine until the day the news mentioned Mallory was found. All these years later I decided to read this book to answer the curiosity I had over them.
I am intrigued with the question of did they reach the summit before they died back in 1924. Many have argued they failed and the authors decided to see if they could answer the debate.
This is a good read ...
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Within Reach: My Everest Story (Nonfiction)64 reviews
Mark Pfetzer, Jack Galvin
Puffin, 2000
Inspiring!
"You are there" with a young man who becomes one of the world's accomplished climbers--from terrified first rappel to the summits (and near-summits) of some of the world's highest mountains.
I had no idea what climbing was all about until I read this book. How technical high-altitude climbing is! . . .
I began to realize an Everest expedition is almost as difficult as a moon shot. And it ...
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EVEREST Book Three: The Summit (Everest)29 reviews
Gordon Korman
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002
Excellent action book
This is truly one of my favorite books I have ever read. It is packed with action, has a very rich plot, and is very well written. The trilogy is approx. 440 pages, and can easily be read in less than 1 week. It has a lot of detail that, while it is very exciting to read, is easy to forget, which allows for it to be read over and over again without getting old. I am now reading it for the 4th ...
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Everest: Mountain without Mercy50 reviews
Broughton Coburn
National Geographic, 1997
Mt Everest: spectacular photography
I bought this book for the photography alone: this is as close as I am ever likely to get to the Himalayas.
The photographs are spectacular, and I can see why so many people are challenged to want to make the journey to Base Camp if not further. Appearances can be deceptive: beautiful colour photographs portray a seemingly benevolent picture of Everest which is quite at odds with reality.
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Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season10 reviews
Nick Heil
Henry Holt and Co., 2008
Its the truth...I was there.
First off, let me talk about my qualifications to write this review. My name is Brett Merrell and I was on Mt Everest in 2006 as part of the Himex expedition written about in this book. I am writting this review so that you people can buy a book knowing that it tells and accurate story.
Nick Heil has restored my faith in journalists. This book is accurate and 99% objective. Nick tells the ...
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Life and Death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering 8 reviews
Sherry B. Ortner
Princeton University Press, 2001
Sometimes good things come in miswrapped packages...
Although Life and Death on Mt. Everest is a book with an identity crisis, it is nonetheless a fascinating work that should interest armchair adventurers and mountaineers alike. Despite the title, parts of the jacket flap blurb, and even the quotes on the back, Life and Death is really an anthropological examination of mountaineering and the Sherpa-Sahib (author's term) relationship, within the ...
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Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest5 reviews
Lincoln Hall
Tarcher, 2008
Amazing story :-)
Over two years ago, Lincoln experienced the best and the worst of Mt Everest. He was reaching the summit when he got a severe case of altitude sickness. His group attempted to revive him, but when that failed he was left for dead, very close to the summit. As fate would have it, a group of climbers making their way up, saw him in desperate need of help and ultimately saved his life. He writes ...
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High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed38 reviews
Michael Kodas
Hyperion, 2008
Bringing one closer to the realities of human nature
What a great book, perfectly organized, smooth writing style, though-provoking topics, bringing one closer to the realities of human nature in the harsh climate of Tibet. Highly recommend this book.
Also, check out 'Into Thing Air' and 'Eiger Dreams' by Krakauer, 'No Short Cuts To the Top' by Ed Viesturs and 'Touching the Void' by Joe Simpson.
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Everest: A Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Guide)1 review
Kev Reynolds
Cicerone Press, 2006
excellent detailed descriptions and photos
I have a number of books on the Everest Region including Lonely Planets Trekking the Nepal Himalaya, Trailblazers Trekking the Everest Region and Berezuchas Trekking in Nepal. For details relating to route descriptions, photos, and practical info for the specific region I find this guide the best. It is very well written from its descriptions of the various main and side treks to the feel within ...
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Mount Everest: Confessions of an Amateur Peak Bagger6 reviews
Flynn Kevin
Martino Flynn/Haystack Press, 2006
Great book
I have always been fascinated with those who climb Mt. Everest. This is such a great down to earth book. You feel as though you are along for the climb and how very difficult it is. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Sound Studio Construction on a Budget10 reviews
F. Alton Everest
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 1996
Too technical for and audio "engineer"?!? LOL
This book is an update of Everest's classic "Acoustic Design for Home and Studio". It is great for what it is. For more capable types, Everest's "Master" book is more complete. This one has the basics. For those who thought this is too technical, I wonder how they expect to deal with the other aspects of audio engineering. Just knowing how to twist a knob is not a path to excellence.
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The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation15 reviews
Clint Willis
Da Capo Press, 2007
The Karma of Climbing
Willis' current book (he's edited a number of collected excerpts) was the most intriguing mountaineering book I've read in a long time -- and I've read quite a few, although I myself am an "armchair" climber. Perhaps true mountaineers will find the book wanting for lengthy descriptions of raising funds for the climb; of the travails of arriving at base camp; of the flora, fauna and cultures ...
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The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest29 reviews
Bear Grylls
The Lyons Press, 2004
Outstanding Tale by an Outstanding Human Being.
I have just finished TKWCE and I am totally blown away. I have been a fan of Bear Grylls ever since I saw my first episode of Man vs. Wild and this book has elevated him greatly in my eyes. He is a man to be admired.
Bear's storytelling style made the entire book sound as though it was his interior monologue from Man vs. Wild which made for a quick and entertaining read. As a military man ...
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Detectives on Everest: The 2001 Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition8 reviews
Jochen Hemmleb, Eric Simonson, ...
Mountaineers Books, 2002
Marking Time While Finding History
This is a most significant book which fills in much of the detail about the early British expeditions to the North Face of Mount Everest. Yes, the 2001 climb failed to locate Irving's body and with it the missing cameras which may determine for once and all whether or not Mallory and Irvine did reach the summit in June of 1924. But the 2001 Expedition did uncover the several of the camps used ...
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The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest22 reviews
Conrad Anker
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Concise and fascinating
This is an interesting, concise account of the 1999 discovery of George Mallory, possibly the first to climb Mt. Everest.
In 1924 Everest veteran Mallory and his promising junior partner Andrew Irvine famously disappeared some 1000 feet below the summit. Did they reach it before they perished, 29 years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? In 1999, Conrad Anker of the Mallory and Irvine ...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster1487 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Topeka Bindery, 2003
Seeking a state of grace
I remember the spring of 1996 and the Everest disasters very well. I was stuck in traffic when a writer named Jon Krakauer was briefly interviewed on NPR when he first returned as one of the survivors of a deadly climb. I had never given mountaineering or Everest much thought but the drama, and especially Krakauer's traumatized voice, inspired a curiosity I've only now actually pursued by ...
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Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account of the 1996 Disaster18 reviews
Kenneth Kamler
The Lyons Press, 2002
excellent account as doctor on Everest....
Despite of the misleading title, I found this book to be quite engrossing and I read it compulsively from cover to cover in a single sitting. The book is different from other climbing books because it deals with medical part of the climb which is not often about making it to the summit but in saving lives. Dr. Kamler writes extremely well and this will be one book that you will read to finish. ...
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Everest: The West Ridge14 reviews
Thomas F. Hornbein
Mountaineers Books, 1998
A CLASSIC MOUNTAINEERING BOOK
This book tells the history of the 1.st ascent via West Ridge of Mount Everest by Thomas Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, both members of the 1963 american expedition lidered by Norman Dyhrenfurth that also putted the first american(Jim Whittaker) on top of Mount Everest. They set out to climb Everest by the traditional route via South Col, but somewhere along the journey to base camp a group of ...
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