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Surviving Everest

Surviving Everest


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  • 2003
  • DVD
  • OUT OF PRINT

A celebration of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by National Geographic. The documentary details the many triumphs and disasters that have occurred on Mt. Everest, including original 1953 footage and a 1984 tribute. (HML58, $24.95)

Everest, A Mountaineering History

Everest, A Mountaineering History


by Walter Unsworth

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 736 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A classic history of mountaineering, updated through 1998 for this third edition. (NPL38, $45.00)

Ghosts of Everest, The Search for Mallory & Irvine


by Jochen Hemmleb | Eric Simonson | Larry Johnson

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

You may have seen the pictures. This is the illustrated, comprehensive account of the successful expedition to determine the fate of George Mallory, who disappeared on Mt. Everest in 1924. (HML39, $24.95)

Concise Flowers of the Himalaya

Concise Flowers of the Himalaya


by Oleg Polunin | Adam Stainton

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A condensed version of the classic Flowers of the Himalayas featuring the same 700 color photographs and 315 line drawings but with shorter descriptive information. (HML17, $25.00)

Travelers' Tales Nepal

Travelers' Tales Nepal


by Rajendra Khadka

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This anthology of travel writing on Nepal features mostly modern stories by Peter Matthiessen, Jan Morris and other great writers, local and foreign. (NPL16, $17.95)

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