Mountaineering category: 669 books
by Joe Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
In Storms of Silence, Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. During that expedition he has a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees...
Kingdoms Of Experience
Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
In March 1985, Mal Duff led a new expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed north-east ridge.The last attempt by a Chris Bonington team had ended in failure and tragedy - with the deaths of two great climbers, Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman. Everyone knew the risks as well as the excitement of...
Designed by Adventure: 30 Years of Outdoor Research
30 Years of Outdoor Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Thirty years ago a frustrated physicist from Seattle named Ron Gregg was retreating from an aborted attempt at a new alpine style route on Denali. His partner had been evacuated by helicopter, but Ron chose to ski back to the highway solo. In the process, Ron found a new direction in life. At that...
by John Long, Peter Croft
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Traditional, or simply, trad climbing, is a do-it-yourself adventure requiring the climbing team to negotiate the climb and to carry, hand-place and remove most if not all components of the roped safety system. In The Trad Climber’s Bible, two of the most revered and respected trad climbers in the...
The Manaslu Adventure
Three hapless friends try to climb a big mountain
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
The mountain gods were protective of Manaslu, a two-pronged peak in the Nepal Himalaya, and one of the world’s fourteen 8,000m peaks.
Many years ago, a Japanese team tried to climb it, but the gods had sent an avalanche in their wake which destroyed a monastery and set the local people against...
A Bolt from the Blue
The Epic True Story of Danger, Daring, and Heroism at 13,000 Feet
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
FIVE INJURED CLIMBERS. TEN SEASONED RANGERS. ONE IMPOSSIBLE RESCUE.
On the afternoon of July 26, 2003, six vacationing mountain climbers ascended the peak of the Grand Teton in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Rain and colliding air currents blew in, and soon a massive electrical charge began to build....
by David Chaundy-Smart
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
David Chaundy-Smart took it as a compliment when his high school vice-principal told him he was wasting his youth by climbing. Here, he tells the story of how he and his brother, Reg, spent the last years of the 1970s fighting suburban boredom to become, in the words of renowned climbing historian...
by Jon E. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the...
by Patrick Brighton, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
From pulmonary edema to bashed knuckles, physician and outdoor athlete Dr. Patrick Brighton covers everything a climber needs to know to stay well along the way. Whether bouldering the backyard or seeking shelter high atop Aconcagua, this guide gives readers simple, straight-forward advice to help handle an emergency situation.
No Such Thing as Failure
My Life in Adventure, Exploration, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
If there's an adventure to be had, it's likely that David Hempleman-Adams has been there first.
Ranking alongside Ranulph Fiennes and Chris Bonnington in the pantheon of British explorers, David Hempleman-Adams is the first person in history to achieve what is termed the Adventurers' Grand...
Islands in the Snow
A journey to explore Nepal's trekking peaks
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Two days east of Lukla was a pleasant yak pasture surrounded by high peaks. When Col. Jim Roberts set out to look for it in 1953, he ended up making the first ascent of Mera Peak and sowing the seeds of Himalayan tourism.
Mera Peak has become a popular goal for trekkers and novice mountaineers,...
High Infatuation
A Climber's Guide To Love and Gravity
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Throughout her life, Steph Davis has chosen to take risks, to trust her impulses, to make decisions based on what feels right inside--and never look back. Studying to be a concert pianist, she quit music the day she was introduced to rock climbing. Later, she abandoned the respectability of university...
In Some Lost Place
The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya - the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain. At ten kilometres in length, the Mazeno is the longest route to the summit of an 8,000-metre...
by John Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Better Bouldering presents all the techniques and tricks gleaned from the thirty-year bouldering career of John Sherman, America's most noted and notorious bouldering guru. Sharing the most recent trends in techniques, equipment, and injury treatment...