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1997

Format:	Book
Author:	Coburn, Broughton, 1951-
Title:	Everest : mountain without mercy / Broughton Coburn ; introduction by Tim Cahill ; afterword by David Breashears.
Publisher, Date:	Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, ©1997.
Description:	256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Summary:	A first-hand account of the filmmaking expedition led by David Breashears and Ed Viesturs to scale Mount Everest and provide the first IMAX camera images from the summit. A blizzard in May, 1996, claimed eight lives in "the most tragic event in the mountain's history."--Jacket.
Subjects:	MacGillivray Freeman IMAX/IWERKS Expedition (1996 : Mount Everest) MacGillivray Freeman IMAX/IWERKS Expedition (1996 : Mount Everest) -- Pictorial works. Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Mountaineering accidents -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Pictorial works. Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Pictorial works.
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (page 256) and index.
Contents:	Introduction / Tim Cahill -- A Mountain of a Dream -- To Base Camp by Yak Train -- At Home on the Glacier -- The Mountain that Rose from the Sea -- Tragedy Strikes -- Return to the Death Zone -- Chomolungma Has Lit A Light Within Me -- Afterword / David Breashears.
Web Site:	Publisher description
LCCN:	97010765
ISBN:	0792270142 9780792270140 0792270142
Other Number:	36675993
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Control Number:	53991
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Call Number:	796.522 Coburn

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