Mountaineering category: 669 books
by Maurice Isserman, Stewart Weaver
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world’s highest and most dangerous mountains....
by David Robers
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
* Two classic mountaineering adventures, in one beautiful volume! * Part of The Mountaineers Books "Legends and Lore" series for climbers, armchair mountaineers, and readers of classic adventure literatureThe publication of The Mountain of My Fear in 1968 and Deborah in 1970 changed the face of the mountaineering...
by Alun Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Rucksack Guide - Winter Mountaineering is your essential
handbook for the winter mountain. It offers concise guidance and
support for whatever situations you might find yourself in, including:
technical skills: tips and reminders on the key techniques
equipment: from choosing the...
by Alun Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing is your
essential handbook for when on the mountain. It offers concise guidance
and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in,
including:
technical skills: tips and reminders on the key techniques
equipment: choosing...
Soldier Mountaineer
The Colonel who got Siachen Glacier for India
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In the annals of Indian Mountaineering Colonel Narinder Kumar, affectionately called ‘Bull’ by his friends due to his physical prowess, has played a highly significant role. Without him the history of Indian mountaineering would have been quite different. The author Colonel N N Bhatia along with...
One Day as a Tiger
Alex MacIntyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
A revelatory and poignant memoir showing mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst as it draws an unforgettable picture of a dazzling, argumentative and exuberant climbing legend.
In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck...
Tigers of the Snow
How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2002
The true story of the tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains.
In 1922 Himalayan climbers were British gentlemen, and their Sherpa and Tibetan porters were "coolies," unskilled and inexperienced casual laborers. By 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood on the...
by James M. Tabor
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Winner of the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival Book Awards Grand Prize (The Phyllis & Don Munday Award): "A riveting account of a long-ago mountaineering disaster."—Time
In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded...
The Boys of Everest
Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
•The exploits of mountaineering’s most colorful band of adventurers
The Boys of Everest by Clint Willis tells the gripping story of “Bonington’s Boys,” a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent. It is a story of tremendous...
When the Alps Cast Their Spell
Mountaineers of the Alpine Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
The sport of mountaineering was pioneered 150 years ago by a diverse cross-section of Victorians, following in the footsteps of earlier local explorers who ventured into the upper regions of ice and snow in search of game and minerals. By the early years of the 19th century, a growing interest in...
Postcards from the Ledge
Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
* Reflections and humorous pieces, plus insights into some of mountaineering's more controversial events * Revealing portraits of other Himalayan climbers Peeling back the layers to reveal the gritty truth about the elite climbing world is Greg Child's specialty. With clever wit, sharp observations,...
by Phil Powers
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
This updated edition of the popular NOLS Wilderness Mountaineering reflects the most current practices, equipment, and risk management in mountain climbing.
Deadly Peaks
Mountaineering's Greatest Triumphs and Tragedies
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering disasters and near-disasters in history. Exhaustively researched by two of the most respected authorities on mountaineering history, the book is structured in a unique way: Longer recitations in chronological order followed by a group...
Mountaineering in the Moroccan High Atlas
Walks, climbs & scrambles over 3000M
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
A guide to winter walking, climbing, scrambling right across the Moroccan High Atlas from Taroudant in the south-west to Midelt in the north-east, all accessible from Marrakech. The book outlines 50 routes on 40 peaks all over 3000m, including Jbel Toubkal in the central area, Ighil Mgoun in the east...