Mountaineering category: 669 books
The Last Step
The American Ascent of K2
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
CLICK HERE to download a sample from The Last Step * A mountaineering classic * Conflict, hardship, endurance, triumph -- it's all here in Ridgeway's extraordinary story In September 1978, Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to achieve...
by Mick Harney
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Mick Harney returns with more unique perspectives on fell and hill walking in Scotland and the English Lake District. He offers a fresh crop of new and compelling insights, including many detailed descriptions of individual mountains, the paths we take to them, and what they reveal to and about us.Contour...
Upon That Mountain
The first autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Eric Shipton
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Upon that Mountain is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, including his Everest bids of the 1930s, and his second Karakoram survey in 1939, when he returned to Snow Lake to complete the mapping of the ranges flanking the...
That Untravelled World
The autobiography of a pioneering mountaineer and explorer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
‘It is often from our setbacks, even our weaknesses, that we derive some of our greatest blessings.’
That Untravelled World is the autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers of the twentieth century. Eric Shipton was a pioneering explorer, journeying to places that did not feature...
by John Martin, Jon Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
With over 15,000 copies of previous editions sold internationally, this completely revised and updated new edition is now in full colour and destined to remain the bestselling guide to one of the world’s most stunning mountaineering hotspots.
Originally published in 1995, Sport Climbs in...
Climbing the Seven Summits
A Comprehensive Guide to the Continents' Highest Peaks
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from Climbing the Seven Summits
* First and only guidebook to climbing all Seven Summits
* Full color with 125 photographs and 24 maps including a map for each summit route
* Essential information on primary climbing routes and travel logistics for...
Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide
A Climbing Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2005
* 41 principal routes and their variations, with aerial photos and route overlays * Extensive material on Rainier's unique weather, terrain, high altitude and glacier training opportunities, and more * Features sidebars on mountain history, Rainier personalities, and dramatic rescues One of author...
The Ascent of Nanda Devi
I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
In 1934, after fifty years of trying, mountaineers finally gained access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Garhwal Himalaya.
Two years later an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed until 1950.
The...
Aconcagua and the Southern Andes
Horcones Valley (Normal) and Vacas Valley (Polish Glacier) ascent routes
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
The definitive guidebook to climbing Aconcagua in South America. At 6962m, Aconcagua is the highest peak outside the Himalayas and is accessible to both trekkers and mountaineers. The book covers two popular trekking routes: the Normal (Horcones Valley) route and the Vacas Valley (Polish Glacier)...
Altitude Illness
Prevention & Treatment, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
* Mountaineering guidelines for people going to altitude (heights above 7,000 feet) with pre-existing health conditions such as heart conditions, diabetes, and cancer * A handy glossary and easy-to-read tables covering symptoms and signs, altitude illness, and high altitude drugs * Case studies of...
Adventures in the Northlands
Vertebrate Mountain Shorts
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Lightning hit the cliff high above us, sending a dumper-load of rocks thrumming like jagged cannonballs out of the clouds to explode around us. Bill took a direct hit on his helmet, which was smashed. He hung limply and silently on the rope. His face, which was streaming with blood from a gash in...
We Aspired
The Last Innocent Americans
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2017
Imbued with a sense of place, Pete Sinclair climbed mountains and rescued others trying the same. He thrived on the risky business of ascending sheer rock, of moving from one adrenaline-boosting moment to another. In this book he recounts his mountain-climbing and park ranger days from 1959 to 1970,...
Mountain Heroes
Portraits of Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
A fascinating view of the personalities that make up the world of mountaineering, from world-famous explorers to native sherpas.
Navigation
Using your map and compass
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
This practical handbook to navigation - the techniques of using map and compass - will help you master the key skills necessary for walking and mountaineering in the mountains. As a small, pocket guide, this is an ideal companion to take into the hills, and since practice will make perfect, time spent...