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The great mountain that has fascinated so many climbers is at the heart of this book. A place where you're as high as a cruising jet plane & unable to breathe properly, a block of ice as huge as a building could crush you at any moment, a sudden avalanche could strike without warning & you have a one in six chance of dying...EVEREST ADVENTURE describes the realities of attempting the world's ultimate mountaineering challenge. From the mystery of Mallory's disappearance to the stories of today's high-tech climbing heroes, the book details each agonising step up to the highest place on earth. ...
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A century ago the summits of the world`s highest peaks, Everest included, were beyond reach. Pioneering attempts to overcome the dangers of climbing at extremely high altitudes ended in failure, sometimes with disastrous consequences. Yet today high-altitude ascents are frequent, almost commonplace. Everest can be conquered by relatively inexperienced mountaineers, & their exploits barely merit media attention
- unless they go fatally wrong. In this fascinating study of the dramatic history of Everest climbs, Richard Sale & George Rodway describe in vivid detail the struggle to conquer the mountain & the advances in scientific knowledge that made the conquest possible. Their account gives a compelling insight into the science of mountaineering as well as the physical & psychological challenges faced by individuals who choose to test themselves in some of the harshest conditions on earth. Dr George Rodway, an assistant professor at the University of Utah, is a physiologist, mountaineer & an expert on mountain medicine & the science of high-altitude climbs. As well as publishing many papers & articles on these subjects, he is the editor of George Ingle Finch`s The Struggle for Everest. He has also written extensively on the history of high-altitude physiology for journals such as High Altitude Medicine & Biology.
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Trekking routes from Lukla to the Everest Base Camp & the Gokyo Lakes at 1:50, 000 in the Nepa Maps series which provides extensive coverage of trekking areas of Nepal on detailed contoured maps with trekking routes & hiking trails, huts & camp sites, local places of interest & other tourist information. The map covers the trekking route from Lukla to both the old & the new Everest Base Camp, indicating the course of the main climbing route from the camps to the peak. Also marked is the route along the Dudh Koshi valley to Gokyo lakes & the peak of Gokyo Ri, with a variant across the Cho La pass to the main Everest trek, plus the route to Island Peak (Imja Tse). Contours are at 40m intervals, with bold relief shading & vegetation colouring. Index lists places, peaks, passes & lakes. The map has margin ticks with latitude & longitude at 5' intervals. Additional information

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a profile of the main route plus tables showing the routes in stages with altitudes in metres & feet & trekking times. Titles in this series have cartography is based on the country

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Everest Base Camp
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- Three Passes Trek map at 1:50, 000 from Nepa Maps prominently highlighting the Three Passes Trek

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Trekking routes from Lukla to the Everest base Camp & the Gokyo Lakes at 1:50, 000 in the Nepa Maps series which provides extensive coverage of trekking areas of Nepal on detailed contoured maps with trekking routes & hiking trails, huts & camp sites, local places of interest & other tourist information. The map covers the trekking route from Lukla to both old & new Everest Base Camps, indicating the course of the main climbing route from the camps to the peak. Also marked is the route along the Dudh Koshi valley to Gokyo lakes & the peak of Gokyo Ri, with a variant across the Cho La pass to the main Everest trek, plus the route to Island Peak (Imja Tse). Contours are at 40m intervals, with bold relief shading & vegetation colouring. Index lists places, peaks, passes & lakes. The map has margin ticks with latitude & longitude at 5' intervals. Additional information

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a profile of the main route plus tables showing the routes in stages with altitudes in metres & feet & trekking times. Titles in this series have cartography is based on the country

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In three books, Everest the Hard Way (1976), Everest South-West Face (1973) & Everest the Unclimbed Ridge (written with Charles Clarke in 1983), Chris Bonington demonstrated how, in the years after John Hunt's expedition made the first ascent of Everest, climbers chose different routes to reach the same pinnacle. Bonington himself has taken part in nineteen Himalayan expeditions. Here, for the first time, these classic, first-hand accounts are brought together in one omnibus volume, with photographs drawn from his own archive of photographs & those of other climbers. ...
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Mount Everest area on a trekking map at 1:75, 000 from the Kolkata/ Calcutta based Milestone Books, highlighting main trekking routes & showing peaks, passes & selected locations with altitude both in metres & feet. Coverage extends from just south of Lukla to the Chinese side of Mount Everest & the peaks of Cho Oyo & Gyachung Kang. The map has contour lines at 400m intervals superimposed on a base with relief shading & altitude colouring, although (as the publisher’s note mentions) the colouring & the shading may not necessarily coincide with the contour lines. Heights for peaks, passes & selected settlements are given both in metres & in feet. The map highlights the regions main trekking routes to the Everest Base Camp, Gokyo Lakes & the Base Camps of Mera Peak, Island Peak & Cho Oyu, as well as interconnecting trails & variants. Symbols indicate locations with tourist accommodation & medical facilities. The map has no geographical coordinates. ...
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E.F. (` Teddy`) Norton was a member of the 1922 Everest expedition & the leader of the 1924 expedition. Generally considered to be one of the finest climbers of his generation, in 1924 he reached a height of 28, 126ft without oxygen, a record that stood for fifty-four years. A few days later, Norton`s fellow climbers Mallory & Irvine disappeared high on the mountain, a mystery that has fascinated subsequent generations & remains a topic of fierce debate today. The qualities of leadership which Norton showed that year in the face of appalling trials have led to him being regarded as one of the greatest of all Everest expedition leaders. His official account of the expedition has since become a classic. Norton`s private diaries & sketches, published here for the first time, give a vivid impression of the joys & trials of the early Everest expeditions. They also record the landscapes, wildlife, flowers & people encountered en route, & provide a glimpse of the lost world of pre-war Tibet in colour. ...
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Everest Trekking Guide from Milestone Books with very detailed & informative stage-by-stage descriptions of main Mt Everest trek from Lukla & Namche Bazaar to the Everest Base Camp, plus the route to the Gokyo Lakes. Each route is presented on coloured map extracts from the accompanying separate fold-out map,

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a route profile, & illustrated with numerous colour photos. The description of the Everest route

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the northern spur from Gorak Shep to Kala Patthar; the Gokyo route is described as a spur from the main Everest trek at Lobuche via the Cho La Pass, returning to Namche Bazaar along the Dudh Koshi. The guide also

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a chapter covering the lower part of the Everest trek between Juri & Lukla, plus side trips to Thame, Renjo La Pass & Chukhung. Additional chapters provide useful background information & practical advice. The guide comes with a separate fold-out map of the whole region at 1:75, 000 highlighting the main routes & other local trekking trails – the map is also available separately.





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Everest Base Camp Adventure Map

Everest Base Camp area at 1:50, 000 approx. on indexed, light, waterproof and tear-resistant hiking map, with a plan of the Kathmandu/Patan area including an enlargement of the Thamel district, plus an overview map of the whole country.The map is part of a series covering Nepal’s four most popular trekking areas. The maps were prepared by the NGS/Trails Illustrated team responsible for the highly acclaimed hiking maps of national parks in the USA, in cooperation with the Nepa Maps (Himalayan Maphouse), publishers of a wide range of trekking maps of Nepal.Contours (see below) with additional spot heights, relief shading and colouring for glaciers and forested areas present the topography of each area. The maps show settlements, roads and trekking routes, as well as extensive
information for tourists: local airports, lodgings and campsites, numerous places of interest including temples, monasteries, caves, waterfalls, etc. Map ticks at intervals of 1` indicate latitude and longitude. An index of localities includes a list of peaks, passes and lakes. Sherpa spellings are used within the Khumbu area and Nepali spellings elsewhere in the country.On the reverse of each title, a general road map of the whole of Nepal highlights the country’s national parks and nature reserves. Also included is a street plan of Kathmandu with Patan, plus an enlargement for the central Thamel area of the city. The two plans highlight hotels and guesthouses, restaurants, banks, embassies and consulates, places of interest, etc.*In this title:* the map covers an area
from Lukla northwards, extending eastwards past Island Peak and Lhotse Star, and westwards along the Dudh Koshi, to include the trails to the Gokyo Lakes. Contour interval is described by the publishers as 100 feet, but since all the heights are given in metres only, it is effectively 40m. Latitude and longitude margin ticks are at 1` intervals.
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Everest Base Camp area at 1:50, 000 approx. on indexed, light, waterproof & tear-resistant hiking map, with a plan of the Kathmandu/ Patan area including an enlargement of the Thamel district, plus an overview map of the whole country. The map is part of a series covering Nepal’s four most popular trekking areas. The maps were prepared by the NGS/ Trails Illustrated team responsible for the highly acclaimed hiking maps of national parks in the USA, in cooperation with the Nepa Maps (Himalayan Maphouse), publishers of a wide range of trekking maps of Nepal. Contours (see below) with additional spot heights, relief shading & colouring for glaciers & forested areas present the topography of each area. The maps show settlements, roads & trekking routes, as well as extensive information for tourists: local airports, lodgings & campsites, numerous places of interest including temples, monasteries, caves, waterfalls, etc. Map ticks at intervals of 1` indicate latitude & longitude. An index of localities

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a list of peaks, passes & lakes. Sherpa spellings are used within the Khumbu area & Nepali spellings elsewhere in the country. On the reverse of each title, a general road map of the whole of Nepal highlights the country’s national parks & nature reserves. Also included is a street plan of Kathmandu with Patan, plus an enlargement for the central Thamel area of the city. The two plans highlight hotels & guesthouses, restaurants, banks, embassies & consulates, places of interest, etc.* In this title:* the map covers an area from Lukla northwards, extending eastwards past Island Peak & Lhotse Star, & westwards along the Dudh Koshi, to include the trails to the Gokyo Lakes. Contour interval is described by the publishers as 100 feet, but since all the heights are given in metres only, it is effectively 40m. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 1` intervals.

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Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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