The Everest Story /
Tim Vicary.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- 72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. + 2 CDs.
- Oxford Bookworms Library 3 Factfiles, stage 3. .
Includes glossary and reading activities.
Introduction 1. The Body - 1999 2. Dangers 3. Through Tibet to Everest - 1921 4. The First Attempt - 1922 5. Saving the Porters - 1924 6. Somervell and Norton - 1924 7. Mallory and Irvine - 1924 8. To the South Col - 1953 9. The South Summit - 1953 10. On Top of the World - 1953 11. One Man Alone - 1980 12. The Final Question Glossary Activities: Before Reading Activities: While Reading Activities: After Reading About the Author About the Bookworms Library
"It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20C 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." (Book Cover)
Intermediate students (B1)
9780194236430 (pbk)
Graded Readers. Mountaineering expeditions--History.--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) Mountaineers--Biography. B1 (CEFR).