Climbing a mountain involves seeing slithering snakes, reading a map, and watching a sunset from the summit.

"Fifteen years ago, Rudi Matt's father died trying to climb the Citadel, the last unconquered summit in the Alps. Now, at 16, Rudi wants to place his banner on the top to prove that it can be done."

Since the beginning of time, we have been fascinated with heights. Mount Everest, therefore, is at the tip top of our fascination. In this tale, you call the shots in trying to conquer dizzying heights. Each decision becomes more important than the last as you climb heavenward. Will you make it? Will you fall? Will you survive at all? YOU CHOOSE how this adventure ends.

The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer's harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition

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This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.

This is a history of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's 1953 journey to the summit of Mt. Everest, detailing the challenges they encountered, the discoveries they made, and how the expedition left its mark upon the world.