Alive In The Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival

Lincoln Hall

Random House

November 2008 $29.95

106p hc

ISBN: 978-1741663372

This book is about Lincoln Hall and other mountaineers climbing to the highest place in the world, the top of Mount Everest, which is 8850 metres above sea level. Lincoln has been above 8000 metres twice but only managing to reach the summit once.

On the way down the mountain he got Cerebral Oedema (High-Altitude sickness) which froze him and he stopped breathing so the team he was with left him up near the summit of Mount Everest. But after a while he unfroze. Did he get rescued or did he die?

Alive In The Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival is an excellent book for all ages with a really great story and fantastic colour pictures. It is a non-fiction/ information book in a large format hard cover of 106 pages. It has maps, break out boxes and at the end is a cool paper map of the Himalayas. It is a true story of adventure and survival. This book is for ages 10 +. You will get value for money when you purchase it... It will have you reading for hours!    

Connor, Year 5, Canberra, Australia