Mount Everest & Mountain Climbing Display

We have added a new display to the cube in the library. Books on mountain climbing and Mount Everest are being showcased due in part to an article in Outside Magazine’s April issue about 13 year old Jordan Romero of California. This May, Jordan will be attempting to become the youngest person to summit Mt. Everest. Not without controversy of course as people ask “How young is too young?” and “Is this expecting too much?”

More information, along with twitter and facebook links, can be found about Jordan at his website http://www.jordanromero.com/

You can also watch the team’s progress, with GPS locations here: http://edn1.esri.com/everest/Default.html

There is another record breaking attempt being made this year by Apa Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer. He will be trying for a record 20th summit. The summit isn’t his only goal as he is leading the Eco Everest Expedition (2010). According to the website Asian-Trekking .com:

“Our focus will be on climbing in an eco-sensitive manner, bringing old garbage, in addition to our own, and all human waste produced on the mountain down to base camp for proper disposal.”

Two years ago the Eco-Everest Expedition climbing crew removed 143 pounds of human waste and more than 2,000 pounds of garbage from above Base Camp. Last year it hauled down 252 pounds of human waste and more than 12,000 pounds of garbage, including the wreckage of an Italian Army helicopter that crashed between Camp 1 and Camp II in 1973. (source: http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com/2010/04/everest.html )

More information about Apa Sherpa may be found at http://www.apasherpa.com/

You can follow general news about the 2010 climbing season at the following sites: http://www.alanarnette.com/news/ and http://www.everestnews.com/

New items in Stoxen Library

Check out the New Library Purchases added during the first quarter of 2010--January, Februay and March! You will find the link on the library's home page under Library Information, Services & Forms. The listing shows titles of books, DVDs, and other resources. For your convenience, the Library of Congress classification numbers are included to direct you to where the items are shelved.

Fun book to read...

How to be a Cowboy by Jim Arndt is a compendium of knowledge and insight, wit and wisdom, an all around resource for every aspect of cowboy life.

Martin Brady in his bookreview from BookPage states, "It's the rich color camerawork that really compels, and Arndt's classy shots of elaborately designed boots, shirts, blue jeans and hats, plus peripheral cowboy gear, are enough to make a guy chuck the 9-to-5 and head out to the wild, wild West."

The classification number is F596 .A716 2009

Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran

On January 31, 2009, Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who had been working in Iran for six years, was picked up by intelligence agents and eventually was held in Iran's Evin Prison. At times she was held in solitary confinement, interrogated by the agents and eventually sentenced to eight years in prison. For weeks her family and friends did not know her whereabouts. She was released on May 11, 2009. Her trial made international headlines, but was especially covered here in North Dakota, because she was born in New Jersey and raised in Fargo, North Dakota. In this book, Saberi recounts her months of confinement.

Why I picked it up: Because this was in the news on a daily basis, I was curious to read Roxana's version of the events.

Why I finished it: It's an easy read and I wanted to know what she had to do to be released from prison.

I'd give it to: Anyone who wants to read about a North Dakotan who survived a harrowing experience.

call number - PN4874.S23A3 2010 (currently shelved in New Books)

Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran by Roxana Saberi.

Murder in the Library!

Clue

You must check out the DVD that is on reserve at the Main Circulation desk. Remember to have your student ID in hand. Watch the DVD in one of the viewing rooms on the lower level to obtain your next clue.