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" Everest / "
written by Rebecca Stephens
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BL
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| Record Number
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702881
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| Doc. No
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b525070
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| Main Entry
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Stephens, Rebecca
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| Title & Author
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Everest /\ written by Rebecca Stephens
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| Edition Statement
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1st American ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York, N.Y. :: Dorling Kindersley Pub.,, 2001
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| Series Statement
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Dorling Kindersley eyewitness books
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| Page. NO
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62 p. :: col. ill., col. maps ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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0756600014 (pbk.)
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: 078947395X
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: 0789473984 (lib. bdg.)
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Mountains of the world -- Mountains in the making -- The seven summits -- Mountain features -- Wind and weather -- Life at the top -- Mountain specialists -- People of the Himalayas -- European mountain people -- Lords of the Andes -- North American mountain people -- Gods, myths, and legends -- Homes in high places -- Making a living -- Mountain travel -- Early days of mountaineering -- The ultimate challenge -- Hillary and Tenzing -- Traverses and triumphs -- Clothes and equipment -- Surviving extremes -- Mountain rescue -- Climbing techniques -- Mountain sports -- The winter Olympics -- Disaster! -- Saving the summits
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| Subject
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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Juvenile literature
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| LC Classification
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DS495.8.E9S73 2001
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