Tales from the Top of the World
Climbing Mount Everest with Pete Athans
The journey up Mount Everest is never easy. Climbers risk their lives as they struggle around jagged towers of ice, over snow-covered boulders, and across gaping crevasses. Pete Athans knows these dangers well. He has climbed Mount Everest fourteen times and reached the summit seven times. What is it like to climb the highest mountain on Earth? In this book, you’ll follow Pete to the top—and learn about his adventures along the way.
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Awards
- Missouri State Teacher's Association Reading Circle Selection
Reviews
VOYA
“A great book for a wide variety of readers…The perfect example of why certain nonfiction titles should also be recommended to adults: Everyone can learn a lot reading this book.” —VOYA
School Library Journal
“Athans’s colorful work lends a personal touch to a dramatic endeavor, and may lure adventure-lovers high into the thin, cold air.” —School Library Journal
Booklist
“Accompanying plenty of color photos of climbers and rugged slopes, frequent side boxes contain stories of feats and rescues, an ‘Ask Mr. Everest’ feature, and background material from maps and charts to lists of required gear and types of high-altitude illness. This absorbing account of the increasingly popular climb and its many dangers is capped with notes on recent efforts to clean up the tons of trash left on the mountain and an excellent, age-appropriate resource list.” —Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
“A solid introduction to the world’s highest mountain has a you-are-there feel….A smart, inclusive and evocative account of a mountain, its character and its past.” —Kirkus Reviews