Best known as one of the guides who perished on Mount Everest during the tragic spring of 1996, Scott Fischer became for many a symbol of audacity, hubris, and the limits of human endurance. Birkby traces Scott's expeditions from the granite walls of Yosemite to Alaska to the punishing storms of the Himalayas--a relentless quest for new highs that builds inexorably to the rendezvous with disaster on Everest

Presents the 2009 edition of "The Boy Scout Handbook," which explains the advantages, responsibilities, and membership requirements of scouting, and provides the requirements and possible projects for earning skill awards and merit badges; and includes an illustrated time line that highlights key moments in the history of the Boy Scouts over the course of one hundred years in America.