The Everest story

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It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while temperature falls to -20 C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest - some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highests place in the world. This is their story. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author

Tim Vicary, 1949-

Document Type

Books

Physical Description

[8], 72 s. : il. (převážně barev.), portréty ; 22 cm + 2 CD

Published

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010

Edition

1st pub.

Series

Oxford bookworms library. Factfiles.

Subjects

horolezecké expedice > Himálaj (pohoří)

angličtina

zjednodušená četba

Mount Everest (Himálaj, Čína a Nepál : hora)

jazyková úroveň A2

informační publikace

jazykové učebnice, texty, příručky (A)

Item Description

Terminologický slovník

ISBN

978-0-19-423645-4
978-0-19-423643-0