Mountaineering category: 669 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Combat in mountainous areas presents units with complicated and ever-shifting hazards, difficulties, opportunities, and risks. Mountain combat calls for extreme physical fitness, mental toughness, endurance, and the utmost in tactical and technical proficiency on the part of all individuals. A disciplined...
Beyond the Summit
Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2003
World-class rock climber Todd Skinner is also one of today's most sought-after motivational speakers for business audiences. Whenever he describes his history-making sixty-day free climb of the 20,500-foot Trango Tower in the Karakoram Himalayas (shown on the jacket), people are in awe of his stamina,...
Bug Out Bag
23 Crucial Items You Need Inside Your Ultimate Bug Out Bag
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Be Ready And Prepared For Any Disaster
Tornadoes. Whirlwinds. Earthquakes. Volcanoes. Just some of what nature can throw at us and make us need to bug-out of our homes. Fast. It is an unfortunate but true enough of an event that sometimes people have to abandon their homes...
by William O. Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Where the Pavement Ends
One Woman's Bicycle Trip through Mongolia, China, & Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2001
Erika Warmbrunn's amazing 8,000 kilometer cycling journey through Asia. Winner of the Barbara Savage Miles From Nowhere Memorial Award.
by Nowick Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
A wilderness cabin becomes a dream-box of catastrophe and survival, in this true adventure with a paranormal twist. Will, a treeplanter, hikes with a companion to meet his wife and 3-year-old daughter in BC’s remote Jumbo Pass. A fierce mountain storm pushes Will to the brink of deadly choices,...
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Alaska
A Climbing Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
* Guidebook details 80 climbing routes throughout Alaska
* Includes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, climbing difficulty and time information, ratings, and more
Alaska mountain guides Mike Wood and Colby Coombs have teamed up to write this definitive climbing guidebook targeting...
The Central Buttress of Scafell
A collection of essays selected and introduced by Graham Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Few climbs are awarded the honour of being reduced to their initials. CB, the Central Buttress of Scafell, considered for years to be the hardest climb in the British Isles, is one of them. 'Have any of you ever noticed a bayonet-shaped crack descending from the skyline about midway between Moss Ghyll...
by Verl Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
"Tales From The Mountainside: Adventures From Youth To Old Age" is a collection of essays from mountain climber and outdoorsman Verl Rogers. He recounts humorous and ambitious adventures from youth to his 80s on outings covering everything from climbing to fishing with family in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
by Peter Hermon
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
The first book in a two-volume series describing walking routes up every 2000-footer in Wales - all 166 of them. The result is not just a guide to the mountains of Snowdonia, but a handbook of over 450 routes covering 21 Welsh mountain ranges - the whale-backed ridges of the Black Mountains, the Brecon...
Unknown Pleasures
Collected writing on life, death, climbing and everything in between
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
‘The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.’
Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick. Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing,...
by Duane Raleigh
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
1998 National Outdoor Book Award winner. How to tie 35 climbing knots: step-by-step illustrations, easy-to-follow directions, when to use and not to use, and expert advice on selection and care of ropes.
Cowboy Skills
Roping, Riding, Hunting, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Cowboy Skills is a fascinating, practical guide to the skills that have made the cowboy famous worldwide as both an outdoorsmen and rancher. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying a hand at rounding up cattle, breaking horses to saddle, and living off the land.
Learn key skills like:
Handling...