01345nam a2200229Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500510005810000160010926000450012530000230017030000110019349000400020450000130024402000180025760003170027505000260059254600120061852004500063033600090108033700150108933800110110420260803094125.0251212s2002    xx            000 0 und d1 aEverest: breaching for the sky /cJoy Masoff.  aMasoff, Joy  aNew York :bScholastic Reference,c2002.  a48 p. : col. ill.:  c22 cm.  aScholastic history readers; level 3  aLex: 850  a0-439-26707-21 aHillary, Edmund, d1919-2008--Juvenile literature; Tenzing Norkey, 1914--Juvenile literature; Hillary, Edmund Sir;  Tenzing Norkey, 1914- Mountaineers--New Zealand--Biography--Juvenile literature; Mountaineers--Nepal--Biography--Juvenile literature; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)  a796.522092 M39e c2002  aEnglish  a"This book introduces readers to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first men to reach the peak of Mount Everest. Difficult climbing conditions on Everest - rough terrain, cold temperatures, and high altitude - are explained. Various types of climbing equipment are discussed, as well. Reaction to the conquest of Everest came from all around the world. Hillary and Norgay both used their fame to improve conditions for the people of Nepal."  aText  aUnmediated  aVolume