To the Top of Everest - Kids Can Do It Author:Laurie Skreslet, Elizabeth MacLeod FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Follows the author, who became the 131st person to reach the peak of Mount Everest in 1982, as he overcame many obstacles and challenges, including hidden crevasses, blinding snowstorms, brutal altitude sickness, and deadly avalanches, to realize his dream.