The Everest Files (22 page)

Matt Dickinson is an award-winning writer and filmmaker with a passion for climbing and adventure. During his film-making career he has worked as a director/cameraman for National Geographic television, the Discovery Channel, the BBC and Channel 4. His film projects have taken him to Antarctica, Africa and the Himalaya, often in the company of the world's leading climbers and expeditioners. His most notable film success was ‘Summit Fever' in which he reached the summit of Everest via the treacherous North Face. His book
The Death Zone
tells the true story of that ascent and has become a best-seller in many different countries.

Matt is currently Patron of Reading at the Sidney Stringer Academy in Coventry and continues to climb and explore. In January 2013 he summitted Mount Aconcagua, which, at 6,965 metres, is the highest peak in the world outside the Himalaya. Currently, he is planning an ascent of Mount Denali in Alaska, one of the ‘Seven Summits'.

Recently Matt has started writing fiction for teenage readers. His debut thriller series
Mortal Chaos
was well-received by critics and readers alike. To celebrate the launch of
The Everest Files
Matt will be touring the UK, speaking at schools and colleges and inspiring a new generation of adventurers.

Fascinated by Everest?
Want to know more about the world's highest peak?

The Everest Files website is packed full of fascinating facts and features.

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  Find out about Everest, the Himalaya and the effect global warming is having on the area. Geographical facts with study guides for teachers.
  
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  Watch the summit footage taken by
  The Everest Files
  author Matt Dickinson after his epic North Face ascent.
  
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  Discover more about the Sherpa people and their way of life.
  
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  See an interview with Jordan Romero, the 13-year-old boy who became the youngest person ever to summit Everest.
  
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  Learn more about
  The Everest Files
  trilogy, including a video message from author Matt Dickinson.
  

If you would like an author visit from Matt Dickinson for your school or club, contact details can be found on the website.

www.everestfiles.com

The Everest Files

Matt Dickinson

First published in 2014 by Vertebrate Publishing

Vertebrate Publishing
Crescent House, 228 Psalter Lane, Sheffield, S11 8UT, UK
www.v-publishing.co.uk

Copyright © Matt Dickinson 2014

Matt Dickinson has asserted his rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as author of this work.

Cover illustration copyright © Nathan Ryder 2014
Chapter heading illustrations copyright © Sarah Darby 2014
Dedication page Everest summit photograph copyright © Alan Hinkes
Author photograph © Matt Dickinson collection

This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, events and incidents are products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978-1-906148-93-5 (eBook)

All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means – graphic, electronic, or mechanised, including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage and retrieval systems – without the written permission of the publisher.

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