Mountaineering category: 669 books
The Bond
Two epic climbs in Alaska and a lifetime's connection between climbers
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Shortlisted: 2016 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
Shortlisted: 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition
‘It's the classic of post-war mountain writing.’ – Jim Perrin
‘Rarely do I encounter a cannot-put-down book, but Simon McCartney’s aptly titled The Bond...
On the Ridge Between Life and Death
A Climbing Life Reexamined
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
What compels mountain climbers to take the risks that they do? Is it the thrill in the physical accomplishment, in managing to defy the odds, or both -- and why do they continue to do what they do in the face of such great danger? In On the Ridge Between Life and Death, David Roberts confronts these...
The White Death
Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
In 1969, five young men from Montana set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park's tallest mountain, in winter. Two days later tragedy struck: they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered...
The Bold and Cold
A History of 25 Classic Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Perfect for the armchair traveller or devoted mountaineer, this book grabs the reader by the boots and takes them along on the best climbs to be found in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.
Over the past 100 years, climbers have been pushing standards in the Canadian Rockies. From long alpine...
The Mountain Knows No Expert
George Evanoff, Outdoorsman and Contemporary Hero
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Short-listed for the 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival Competition
The Mountain Knows No Expert epitomizes George Evanoff’s philosophy towards the outdoors, while presenting an intriguing contrast with the man himself. Widely regarded as an "expert," he was a knowledgeable, experienced,...
Camp 4
Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
* Includes stories of such greats as Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Allen Steck, and Warren Harding * Captures the raucous, outrageous, innovative spirit of climbing in Yosemie during this period * Portrays the advances in equipment and style that revolutionized big-wall climbing In the 1960's, California's...
To The Top of Denali
Climbing Adventures on North America’s Highest Peak
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In this revised and updated third edition, Bill Sherwonit brings to life the adventure, heroism, triumph, and tragedy of climbing North America's highest peak, Denali. He offers great insight and tales of daring adventure for both experienced climbers and armchair explorers who wonder why people climb...
Critical Hours
Search and Rescue in the White Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A misread map, a sudden storm, a forgotten headlamp—and suddenly a leisurely hike turns into a treacherous endeavor. In the past decade, inexpensive but sophisticated navigation devices and mobile phones have led to alarming levels of overconfidence on the trail. Adding to this worrisome trend,...
Warnings against Myself
Meditations on a Life in Climbing
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
From his youthful second ascent of the north ridge of Mount Kennedy in the Yukon�s Saint Elias Range, an in-and-out on skis for which he had not entirely learned how to ski, to a recent excursion across the Harding Icefield conceived under the influence of rain and whiskey, David Stevenson chronicles...
Seventy Summits
A Life in the Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As a mountain climbing guide, it was Vern Tejass job to climb the tallest and most dangerous mountains in the world. Always rebellious, Tejas never met a challenge he couldnt overcome, even the daunting task of climbing Mount Everest. In fact, he climbed all of the tallest mountains on each of the...
by David Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
“If you’ve run out of Saint-Exupéry and miss the eloquent power of his work, then you are ready to read David Roberts.” —Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why
David Roberts has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on...
Zaginiony
Opowieść o odnalezieniu George'a Mallory'ego na Evereście
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Rekonstrukcja wydarzeń skrywających największą zagadkę współczesnego himalaizmu – kto pierwszy postawił stopę na Evereście: Hillary i Norgay w 1953 r. czy Mallory i Irvine prawie 30 lat wcześniej? W 1999 r. Conrad Anker znalazł ciało Mallory’ego wraz z kompasem, wysokościomierzem...
Funny Shit in the Woods and Other Stories
The Best of Semi-Rad.com
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Brendan Leonard's Semi-Rad.com has become the funny, introspective voice of everyman and everywoman adventurers—from the pitfalls of introducing a new love interest to a dangerous sport, to the mishaps we have trying to use the bathroom in the wild. Since 2011, more than one million visitors have...
The Impossible Climb
Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES MONTHLY BESTSELLER
One of the 10 Best Books of March, Paste Magazine
A deeply reported insider perspective of Alex Honnold’s historic achievement and the culture and history of climbing.
“One of the most compelling accounts of a climb...