Mountaineering category: 669 books
The Challenge of K2
A History of the Savage Mountain
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
K2 is a legend - one of the most demanding mountaineering challenges in the world and one of the most treacherous. Extreme, unpredictable weather and the acutely difficult climbing conditions test the technique, endurance and psychological strength of the most experienced mountaineers to the limit...
Blank on the Map
Pioneering exploration in the Shaksgam valley and Karakoram mountains.
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
'As I studied the maps, one thing about them captured my imagination … Across this blank space was written one challenging word, "Unexplored"' In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains....
No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2006
This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.
For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter...
by Simon Yates
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
All mountaineers develop differently. Some go higher, some try ever-steeper faces and others specialise in a particular range or region. I am increasingly drawn to remoteness - to places where few others have trod.' The Wild Within is the third book from Simon Yates, one of Britain's most accomplished...
Up and About
The Hard Road to Everest
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Winner: Himalayan Club Kekoo Naoroji Award for Mountain Literature
‘A full and fascinating portrait of one of the great figures of mountaineering.’ – Michael Palin
‘As well as relaying the literal ups and downs of the biggest walls and highest mountains in the world, Scott writes...
One Mountain Thousand Summits
The Untold Story of Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
The account of one of the deadliest and most mysterious tragedies in mountaineering history-the 2008 K2 disaster.
One Mountain Thousand Summits reveals the true story of the K2 tragedy that claimed the lives of eleven men. Based on his numerous trips to Nepal and in-depth interviews he conducted...
Call-out
A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Call-out is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the Highlands of Scotland from Hamish MacInnes – Everest pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth century.
In the late 1960s, MacInnes led the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team and together...
Minus 148 Degrees
First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty. -The Wall Street Journal
I couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m.!)... A fascinating and beautifully-written story. -Bradford Washburn
* One of National Geographic Adventure's...
Fragile Edge
A Personal Portrait of Loss on Everest
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2008
An intimate story of personal cost, risk, and loss in the mountaineering world.
Vantage Point
50 Years of the Best Climbing Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
For nearly 50 years, Climbing Magazine’s goal has been to inspire and entertain with compelling coverage of climbing in all its forms, from bouldering to the big walls, trad rock to sport climbing, ice climbing to mountaineering. Vantage Point offers a collection of the most inspiring, thought-provoking,...
by Damien O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
K2 is one of the world’s most difficult and unpredictable mountains. At 8,611 metres/28,251 feet, the world’s second tallest mountain is regarded by most climbers as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering. On 1 August 2008 Ger McDonnell became the first Irish person to reach the summit of...
Classic Krakauer
"Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays from the Vault
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
The gripping articles in Classic Krakauer, originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian, display the singular investigative reporting that made Jon Krakauer famous—and show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary...
Fear No Boundary
One Woman's Amazing Journey
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
'Climbing is a bit like rolling a dice - sometimes things fall into place and you achieve your aim. Sometimes your number comes up.' - Sue Fear, April 2006
When mountaineers Lincoln Hall and Sue Fear collaborated in writing Fear No Boundary, neither could have imagined that within a year one...
by Susan Oakey-Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
Finding Jim describes Susan Oakey-Baker’s struggle to confront the realities of life after the death of her husband, renowned mountain guide Jim Haberl, the first Canadian to summit the most difficult mountain in the world: K2. For fifteen years they had spent time adventuring together around the...