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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty otherclimbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and...
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National Geographic
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Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain.
In 1963, the American Mount Everest Expedition made mountaineering history. It was the first American venture to successfully scale the legendary peak and the first successful climb up the hazardous West Ridge (a climb so difficult no one has yet repeated it). In 2012,...
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Nhà xuất bản : Trẻ
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Vietnamese
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“Horrible Geography”, thuộc bộ Kiến thức hấp dẫn (gồm Horrible Histories, Horrible Science, Horrible Geography, The Knowledge) đã xuất bản hơn 40 tựa và sẽ còn tiếp tục thêm nữa, được design để thu hút sự yêu thích của trẻ em đối với khoa học bằng cách tập trung vào những thứ không đáng kể, bất thường, máu me hay thậm chí khó ưa. Phần lớn bạn đọc nhỏ...
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