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Choose Your Own Adventure #145
Everest Adventure!
You're The Star! 13 Exciting Endings!
Will A Terrorist Plot Keep You From Reaching The Highest Place On Earth?
Although you're an experienced climber, you never thought you'd be chosen to attempt Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. But someone is trying to stop your expedition. During a stopover in Beijing, you're exploring the crowded city when you are suddenly grabbed from behind! The cold steel of a knife presses against your throat. "Stay still and you will not be hurt," a voice hisses in your ear. Should you try to get away? With all these people around, he wouldn't dare use the knife, right? On the other hand, it may not be wise to test him.
If you do as the man says and stay still, turn to page 23. If you try to get away, turn to page 18. You must decide quickly and carefully! You could be in deep trouble - or worse - if you make the wrong choice. But if you choose wisely, you'll still have a chance to triumph where countless others have failed: on the massive slopes of Chomolungma -Mount Everest!
What happens next in the story? It all depends on the choices you make. How does the story end? Only you can find out! And the best part is that you can keep reading and rereading until you've had not one but many incredibly daring experiences!
Will A Terrorist Plot Keep You From Reaching The Highest Place On Earth?
Although you're an experienced climber, you never thought you'd be chosen to attempt Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. But someone is trying to stop your expedition. During a stopover in Beijing, you're exploring the crowded city when you are suddenly grabbed from behind! The cold steel of a knife presses against your throat. "Stay still and you will not be hurt," a voice hisses in your ear. Should you try to get away? With all these people around, he wouldn't dare use the knife, right? On the other hand, it may not be wise to test him.
If you do as the man says and stay still, turn to page 23. If you try to get away, turn to page 18. You must decide quickly and carefully! You could be in deep trouble - or worse - if you make the wrong choice. But if you choose wisely, you'll still have a chance to triumph where countless others have failed: on the massive slopes of Chomolungma -Mount Everest!
What happens next in the story? It all depends on the choices you make. How does the story end? Only you can find out! And the best part is that you can keep reading and rereading until you've had not one but many incredibly daring experiences!
119 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1994
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September 15, 2024
Did having his father (R.A. Montgomery) and brother (Ramsey) as established Choose Your Own Adventure authors give Anson Montgomery confidence in creating his own debut entry for the series, or add pressure? Either way, Everest Adventure! arrived one hundred forty-five books into a series whose popularity was trending down. You are a young mountaineer with some impressive climbs under your belt when you receive an offer: a group wants you to join their Mt. Everest expedition. If you reach the top, you'd be the youngest ever. You're thrilled; even an anonymous threatening phone call can't extinguish your enthusiasm. It's been a while since you had a serious climb, and some friends are organizing one in the Canadian Rockies. Should you go with them as an Everest tune-up, or travel now to Beijing, China and start plotting your course up the treacherous face of Everest, tallest mountain on earth?
Beijing is a modern city teeming with things to do. Curious, you duck out into the city alone and get lost. A young stranger named Ling offers to act as your guide. You're stunned when a pair of men come and hustle Ling away, and a third puts a knife to your throat. If you stay quiet, the armed man runs off and a woman hurries you to a house where you meet Twan, Ling's brother. There's no time to explain; the police knock, and you must decide whether to stay here with Twan or flee with the woman. Accompanying her gets you safely back to your hotel and on track to tackle Everest, but you're bothered by vivid dreams. Are they a prophecy that Ling is in danger, or a premonition of your own death? Maybe when the men first abducted Ling, you fought back against the armed assailant. You return to the hotel and set out for Everest, but a man at base camp says Ling wants to meet with you. Ling admits he represents a group that wants to free Tibet from Chinese rule. Use your climb to proclaim the cause of Tibetan freedom, and Ling believes it will go a long way. If you choose to help Ling amplify his message there's still a harrowing climb ahead up Everest, but reaching your goal and standing for a liberated Tibet is bound to feel good.
The tune-up climb in the Canadian Rockies sets you on a different path. The sights are gorgeous until you and your friends hit a storm. If you stick with the group you may miss your flight to Beijing, and your shot at Everest. Climbing alone is frowned on, but if you do you'll reach a shortcut pass and another storm that could spell death. Survive this, and you run into a starving mountain lion. If you make it the rest of the way down, you find a helicopter in search of your lost friends. Should you go with the rescuers to help, and miss your flight? If you stayed with your friends at first rather than set out alone, that night you meet a dreamlike figure who warns that all is not well in the Rockies. Follow his lead and you'll wind up in a struggle against illegal strip miners. You may not summit Everest, but you can make a difference right here.
Everest Adventure! is confusing, sloppily put together, and the strip mining part is heavy-handed. Too many endings leave off well short of accomplishing anything, skirting around adventure instead of taking you into it. The worst offense is that the book is hardly about Everest at all. In most endings you never get to the mountain, becoming sidetracked in Chinese espionage or scaling the Rockies. The few branches in which you ascend Everest treat the trip like an afterthought, not the whole point of the story. Anson Montgomery had much to learn at this stage of his career, and Everest Adventure! is one of the worse Choose Your Own Adventures. I hesitate even to rate it one and a half stars.
Beijing is a modern city teeming with things to do. Curious, you duck out into the city alone and get lost. A young stranger named Ling offers to act as your guide. You're stunned when a pair of men come and hustle Ling away, and a third puts a knife to your throat. If you stay quiet, the armed man runs off and a woman hurries you to a house where you meet Twan, Ling's brother. There's no time to explain; the police knock, and you must decide whether to stay here with Twan or flee with the woman. Accompanying her gets you safely back to your hotel and on track to tackle Everest, but you're bothered by vivid dreams. Are they a prophecy that Ling is in danger, or a premonition of your own death? Maybe when the men first abducted Ling, you fought back against the armed assailant. You return to the hotel and set out for Everest, but a man at base camp says Ling wants to meet with you. Ling admits he represents a group that wants to free Tibet from Chinese rule. Use your climb to proclaim the cause of Tibetan freedom, and Ling believes it will go a long way. If you choose to help Ling amplify his message there's still a harrowing climb ahead up Everest, but reaching your goal and standing for a liberated Tibet is bound to feel good.
The tune-up climb in the Canadian Rockies sets you on a different path. The sights are gorgeous until you and your friends hit a storm. If you stick with the group you may miss your flight to Beijing, and your shot at Everest. Climbing alone is frowned on, but if you do you'll reach a shortcut pass and another storm that could spell death. Survive this, and you run into a starving mountain lion. If you make it the rest of the way down, you find a helicopter in search of your lost friends. Should you go with the rescuers to help, and miss your flight? If you stayed with your friends at first rather than set out alone, that night you meet a dreamlike figure who warns that all is not well in the Rockies. Follow his lead and you'll wind up in a struggle against illegal strip miners. You may not summit Everest, but you can make a difference right here.
Everest Adventure! is confusing, sloppily put together, and the strip mining part is heavy-handed. Too many endings leave off well short of accomplishing anything, skirting around adventure instead of taking you into it. The worst offense is that the book is hardly about Everest at all. In most endings you never get to the mountain, becoming sidetracked in Chinese espionage or scaling the Rockies. The few branches in which you ascend Everest treat the trip like an afterthought, not the whole point of the story. Anson Montgomery had much to learn at this stage of his career, and Everest Adventure! is one of the worse Choose Your Own Adventures. I hesitate even to rate it one and a half stars.
November 19, 2024
This was a fun little read! Lots of "adventures" or "endings", all depending on what you choose.
March 23, 2009
One plot branch was okay, and the other one was meh. Pretty average CYOA.
December 3, 2018
Probably one of my favorite books of this series. There's lots of action, international intrigue, and a small bit of mysticism. The plot threads are all interesting, the setting of Tibet/China is very cool, and the stakes are high, leading to some gruesome deaths. The book is well-written and kept me engaged. It's a shame this is the only CYOA that this Montgomery did. Highly recommended to gamebook fans.
August 16, 2008
Take an Everest adventure with many different endings actually there are about 13 different ways you can enjoy this one.
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