The Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure: Everest

By Bill Doyle, David Borgenicht, W. Jeffrey Tatum and Yancey Labat

In this illustrated interactive adventure, travel to Mount Everest where you decide the fate of your team as you climb the world’s highest mountain.

On this epic climb up Mount Everest, readers are part of the youngest team ever to climb the world’s tallest peak. Only YOU can make the right choice about your own survival and then experience the consequences of those choices. Will you summit Mount Everest and return to base camp safely? Will you be forced to turn back early or worse? Only you can determine your own fate!

Highly illustrated in comic book style, and based on real, true-life facts about mountain climbing, Mount Everest, and Himalayan culture, this book will be a surefire hit with anyone craving adventure and a fun, visual reading experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Apr 29, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452105680

Book preview

WELCOME TO YOUR

EVEREST ADVENTURE

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WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW?

THINK FAST—ON MOUNT EVEREST,

EVERY SECOND COUNTS!

YOU are about to join the youngest team ever to climb the tallest mountain on the planet. But will you reach the summit and set a new world record?

It’s all up to you.

At many points in this action-packed adventure, you’ll be given choices—and the decisions you make will change the course of your story.

There are twenty-six possible endings to your Everest expedition. Some are almost victories; some are disasters. But only ONE ROUTE through the book will get you triumphantly to the summit and back down in one piece. Can you make all the right choices to achieve the ultimate success?

Before you start, make sure to read the Expedition File at the back of the book. It has the tips and information you’ll need to make smart choices.

Advice from your guides will also help you along the way. But most of all, listen to your gut, and trust that YOU have the wise judgment and good instincts you’ll need to make it to the top of the world!

YOUR TEAM

THE SHERPAS

The Sherpa people are an ethnic group from the mountains of Nepal. (Sherpa means People of the East.) Famous for their great mountaineering skills, Sherpas are Buddhist, and they speak a language that’s a dialect of Tibetan. They all use the last name Sherpa.

There will be fifteen Sherpas on your expedition. Here are the two you will know best: the head Sherpa and the Sherpa who will be assigned to you. Your assigned Sherpa will help carry your gear and climb with you on summit day.

THE ADVENTURE BEGINS…

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Fasten your seat belts for our final descent into Lukla! the pilot shouts over the roaring engines of the tiny plane.

You and the six other passengers brace yourselves as the aircraft plunges toward Lukla, a small village deep in the Himalayan Mountains. The wind flicks the plane up and down like a toy, and with each crazy bounce, your stomach lets you know it’s not enjoying the ride.

Before we land, the pilot continues, I’d like to wish good luck to our three brave young passengers. May you become the youngest team to ever summit Mount Everest!

Even though you feel like you’re about to throw up, you can’t help grinning. After all, you’re one of the brave young passengers the pilot is talking about. You’ve been training hard to make this dream come true. And finally you’re here in Nepal, about to climb the world’s tallest mountain.

You glance around the cramped cabin at the other members of your team. Across the aisle is Garrett Scott, a thirteen-year-old Australian kid. Brave young passengers? He laughs. Thanks, mate!

Next to Garrett is Julia Reyez, who’s also thirteen. She’s from Argentina. Though you just met Garrett and Julia in Kathmandu this morning, you like them both already.

You give Julia a thumbs-up, but the dark-haired Argentine doesn’t notice. She’s staring wide-eyed at something outside.

You look out the window too—and grip the armrest tightly. Tiny Lukla airport is approaching fast. This is the world’s third-highest airport, and some say the most terrifying.

That’s the runway? Jake Staples shouts behind you. My driveway is longer than that!

Jake is a sponsor of the expedition. Everest climbs are expensive, so you have many sponsors, but most of them just fork over money. Jake, the president of a big video game company, decided he wanted to climb with the team.

Next to Jake is Hans Moser, an expert climber from Switzerland. Jake hired Hans to help him train and to be his personal guide for the trip. Hans’s icy blue eyes and weatherworn face make him look very serious. You have yet to see him crack a smile.

At the front of the plane is Russ Morello, your lead guide. He’s an ex-marine who looks like he has the muscle power to climb Everest three times before breakfast. Across the aisle is his wife, Susan. She’s an experienced guide, too, and the team doctor, which is why everyone just calls her Doc.

That’s your team—these are the six people you’ll hopefully be standing with on the top of the world. But first, you have to land!

Russ turns around to look at everyone and says, The adventure starts here, folks! Hang on!

The plane plummets toward Lukla, bouncing and shaking the whole time. Then—SCREECH!—the landing gear skids onto the airstrip. You grit your teeth as the plane screams down the runway and, finally, just before the short landing strip ends, jerks to a stop.

Jake lets out a Texas whoop. Julia pumps a fist in the air. And Garrett opens his mouth…and throws up all over his feet.

The stench fills the cabin.

I warned you about that extra omelet at breakfast, Doc

Reviews for The Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure

[grgenius_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It’s the return of the “choose your own adventure” books! You remember those, right? This time around, the folks behind The Worst- Case Scenario series REALLY bring the adventure to life. It’s a combination of the probable real-life adventure they chose and the way in which the outcomes were created. Did you know it takes about TWO MONTHS to actually summit? No lie. The number of times you have to climb to Camp I and then back down etc....no wonder it's called the adventure of a lifetime. When creating this book and the very real outcomes, the authors consulted a real live mountaineer, Mr. David Morton, thus adding that extra depth and insight found throughout the text. You’ll feel like you’re right there with your fellow teammates every shallow breath of the way. Let’s not forget about the illustrations throughout the book lending you a visual guide to your literary adventure to the top of the world. In striking black and white, the illustrator brings to life the vivid events and images being described in the text. Things to note.... first, the special Expedition File included at book’s end. It's meant to PREPARE you for the journey with information and hints you'll need along the way. Second, there are MORE books already scheduled in the series, so if you enjoy this adventure (as I did) there will be more to come. Recommended read for all ages. It’s an adventure in the making and a learning experience all in one. What’s not to love about that? Happy reading.... ^_^