by John Cleare
Kingfisher, 2010
GENRE:
Non-Fiction, Sports
HONORS: None
known
REVIEW: Great
Climbs offers a look into climbing the world’s tallest mountains,
including Everest, K2 and the
Matterhorn. It is rich with pictures and maps of the mountains so that readers
can visualize the paths to the top and where they would stop along the way, as
well as detailed descriptions and pictures of the gear required to reach the
top.
OPINION: After
reading about climbing Everest in Roland Smith’s novel Peak, I was excited to stumble upon this book while browsing the
non-fiction section. I was excited to be able to see what “crampons” actually
were, and see the route and placement of the camps that were actually described
in the book.
IDEAS: This could be used as a companion for Peak, or in a display highlighting various sports or outdoor adventures.
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