The Everest story /
Vicary, Tim.
The Everest story / Tim Vicary. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Factfiles. Stage 3 .
"It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometers per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20 degree C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest - some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highest place in the world. This is their story."--Page 4 of cover
9780194236430
53009543
Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
High interest-low vocabulary books--Livres de lecture facile.
English language--English language Textbooks for foreign speakers Environment.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
DS486.E8 / M8 1953b
796.52/2095496 V628e 2010
The Everest story / Tim Vicary. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. - Oxford bookworms library. Factfiles. Stage 3 .
"It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometers per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20 degree C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest - some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highest place in the world. This is their story."--Page 4 of cover
9780194236430
53009543
Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
High interest-low vocabulary books--Livres de lecture facile.
English language--English language Textbooks for foreign speakers Environment.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
DS486.E8 / M8 1953b
796.52/2095496 V628e 2010