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Shishapangma

The alpine-style first ascent of the South-West Face

by Doug Scott, Alex MacIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014

In 1982, following the relaxation of access restrictions to Tibet, six climbers set off for the Himalaya to explore the little-known Shishapangma massif in Tibet. Dealing with a chaotic build-up and bureaucratic obstacles so huge they verged on comical, the mountaineers gained access to Shishapangma's...
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Mount Everest 1938

Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction

by H.W. Tilman
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016

‘Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction.’ It’s 1938, the British have thrown everything they’ve got at Everest but they’ve still not reached the summit. War in Europe seems inevitable; the Empire is shrinking. Still reeling...
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Norton of Everest

The biography of E.F. Norton, soldier and mountaineer

by Hugh Norton
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017

Major Norton gave the order to fire two or three times. Their advanced machine gunners could be seen rushing forward and establishing themselves in commanding posts. Almost at once the ridge we were occupying was swept by machine gun fire. E.F. Norton lived a life of distinction in the declining...
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Straight Up

Himalayan Tales of the Unexpected

by Steve Berry
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015

Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, and until the age of thirty-eight years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half...
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White Peak Mountain Biking

The Pure Trails

by Jon Barton
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014

White Peak Mountain Biking - The Pure Trails ebook is the digital version of our bestselling guidebook to the southern Peak District. Clatter down tricky limestone descents, dodge roots on twisty woodland singletrack and cruise along easy cyclepaths through green fields and pretty villages. Featuring...
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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf

A radical nature-travelogue from the founder of national parks

by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017

‘Many a beautiful plant cultivated to deformity, and arranged in strict geometrical beds, the whole pretty affair a laborious failure side by side with divine beauty.’ A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf is the second book in John Muir’s Wilderness-Discovery series. It is within this work...
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The Yosemite

John Muir's quest to preserve the wilderness

by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

‘All these colours, from the blue sky to the yellow valley smoothly blending as they do in a rainbow, making a wall of light ineffably fine.’ Having spent significant time obsessively exploring and learning about the Sierra, John Muir’s passion for and belief in preserving the wilderness...
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Steep Trails

A collection of wilderness essays and tales

by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018

‘When a man plants a tree, he plants himself. Every root is an anchor, over which he rests with grateful interest, and becomes sufficiently calm to feel the joy of living.’ Steep Trails encompasses a delightful mix of John Muir's essays and adventure narratives, spanning a period of twenty-nine...
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The Mountains of California

An enthusiastic nature diary from the founder of national parks

by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018

‘How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over.’ John Muir is known internationally for his dedication to protecting the environment and for founding The Sierra Club in 1892. His first book, as Muir authority...
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Our National Parks

A campaign for the preservation of wilderness

by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018

‘Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away ... God has cared for these trees ... but he cannot save them from fools – only Uncle Sam can do that.’ First published in 1901, Our National Parks is possibly the bestselling book of Muir’s wilderness-discovery titles and was certainly...
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Mountaineering Holiday

An Outstanding Alpine Climbing Season, 1939

by Frank Smythe
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

There is no holiday like a mountaineering holiday. For eleven months the mountaineer has sighed for the mountain wind on his cheek, for the lilt of the mountain stream, for the feel of rock in his hand, for the crunch of frozen snow beneath his feet, for the smell of mist and the fragrance of alp...
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The Mantis

A mountaineering novel

by Philip Temple
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014

It is not the courage to go back up that we need. It's the courage to go down. Just to go on … ' In 1977 a British expedition led by Himalayan veteran Geoff Strickland, summiteer of K2 and Everest among others, set off to attempt the first ascent of unclimbed Puthemojar - the 'Mantis' - in the Karakoram....
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Climb to the Lost World

Through dense Guyanian rainforest to the towering summit of Mount Roraima with Don Whillans and Joe Brown

by Hamish MacInnes, OBE
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017

Over 9,000 feet up on the top of Mount Roraima is a twenty-five mile square plateau, at the point where Guyana’s border meets Venezuela and Brazil. In 1973, Scottish mountaineering legend Hamish MacInnes alongside climbing notoriety Don Whillans, Mo Anthoine and Joe Brown trekked through dense rainforest...
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The Climbing Chronicles

A young climber exploring the mountains of Wales, the Lake District and Scotland in the 1940s

by John Parker
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014

The Climbing Chronicles record the 1940s climbing exploits of Harry Parker. Born in Blackburn on 29 February 1916, Harry started climbing before the war and continued to do so after its conclusion, exploring the Peak District, Wales, the Lake District and Scotland. Each night he noted down his adventures...
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