Mountaineering Books


Yosemite Climbs: Free Climbs: Free Climbs Best Price: $20.26 The Falcon Guide to Yosemite Free Climbs covers an enormous number of climbs. And there are an...	Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps Best Price: $19.99 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1896 edition by John Murray, London.	Rocky Mountain National Park: High Peaks: The Climber's Guide (Rocky Mountain National Park) Best Price: $23.13 Volume 2 of a 2 book guidebook series to rock and ice climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park,...	Upward Bound: Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits Best Price: $3.75 What is it about mountains that draw out the leadership metaphor? Is it their majestic height,...	A Complete Guide to Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering: Including useful information for off piste skiers and snowboarders Best Price: $20.67 This book is about Alpine ski Touring and takes you through a step by step guide on everything...



Kantishna: Mushers, Miners, Mountaineers: The Pioneer Story Behind Mount McKinley National Park Best Price: $16.99 Whether it's writing, photography, or building a log cabin, Tom Walker does things only one...	Canyoning: Classic Canyons in Spain, France and Italy Best Price: $13.86	High And Wild: Essays And Photographs on Wilderness Adventures Best Price: $26.95 well written essays and wonderful photos!	El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes Best Price: $6.06 I put this on my Christmas wishlist this year after reading Duane's year in the life of a surfer...	Bradford Washburn: An Extraordinary Life: The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon Best Price: $16.98 Bradford Washburn led a super extra-extraordinary life as one of America's greatest mountain...



Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering Best Price: $33.62 Often it seems that even well written fictional accounts do not get my blood racing and my...	Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia Best Price: $3.95 I really liked this book. It was an interesting account of the climbers experiences. I only...	Northern Lights, Frozen Nights: A Collection of Previously Unpublished Short Stories by Russell Annabel Best Price: $8.09 Another great addition to the Rusty Annabel series. Jeff Davis' work at bringing the stories...	Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge This book, written by Hermann Buhl, was largely re-written by his friend and editor Kurt Maix,...	Ordeal by Piton: Writings from the Golden Age of Yosemite Climbing Best Price: $20.00 Climbing runs from routine to audacious. Here Steve Roper has gathers together accounts of some...

Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child Best Price: $10.27 I was searching Amazon for some Joe Simpson books and this one popped up. I thought it was one I...	Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2003 (Accidents in North American Mountaineering) Best Price: $5.48 The classic source for 50 years of climbing-related accidents. Covers...	Classic Treks: The 30 Most Spectacular Hikes in the World Best Price: $30.18 What a great armchair book, I am inspired to do two new walks. wish there was a sequel, thisis a...	Climb Against the Odds: Celebrating Survival on the Mountain Best Price: $0.43 It is extraordinary for a woman to receive a breast cancer diagnosis, go through treatment, and...	Games Climbers Play (Sierra Club Paperback Library) `The Games Climbers Play' is simply the largest and best climbing anthology I have ever read so...

Annapurna: 50 Years of Expeditions in the Death Zone Best Price: $4.51 This is a book about the first successful ascent of an 8000+ meter peak, Annapurna, possibly the...	In the Years of the Mountains: Exploring the World's High Ranges in Search of Their Culture, Geology, and Ecology Best Price: $0.53 David Gilligan is a historian in the truest sense, because he writes from a knowledge standpoint...	Castles in the sand: A climber's guide to Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon Best Price: $22.45 This book is great to have but beware of inaccurate descriptions, everything from approaches, to...	Facing The Extreme: One Woman's Story Of True Courage And Death-Defying Survival In The Eye Of Mt. McKinley's Worst Storm Ever Best Price: $34.98 The more you know about mountaineering, the funnier you'll find this book. There is little to...	High In Utah Best Price: $11.50 This book is an excellent guide for anyone who wants to complete the highpoints of Utah's 29...

Urban Rock: Stoney Point Bouldering & Top Roping Best Price: $20.00 The definitive guide to all things Stoney Point. Bouldering and top-roping. Area maps,...	Deep Water (Rockfax Climbing Guide) Best Price: $30.08	The High Sierra: John Muir's Range of Light (Tetra) Best Price: $8.18 There are dozens of good Sierra guides out there, most of them detailing the must-see places for...	Selected Climbs in the Cascades: Alpine Routes, Sport Climbs, & Crag Climbs (Selected Climbs) Best Price: $19.27 This is one of the most well done guidebooks I have ever seen. Some of my friends refer to the...	On Edge: The Life and Climbs of Henry Barber Best Price: $27.50 A decent biography of Barber although it was published when he was only 28. It's hard to...

Field Book, the Teton Range and the Gros Ventre Range: Climbing Routes and Back Country, American Rating System	Yosemite Best Price: $17.94 Yosemite is probably the most visited of the major national parks. The park has two parts, the...	Climbers' Guide to the Great Falls of the Potomac	Basic Essentials Knots for the Outdoors, 2nd (Basic Essentials Series) Best Price: $67.97 Very useful book on many different types of knots. I was able to use some new knots out in the...	Guide to the New Mexico mountains (The Mountain guides from Sage Books) This guide covers many little known areas of the State. Some of the info is a little outdated...

Spirit of the Rock Best Price: $2.43 I first became aware of Ron Kauk through the article that Sports Illustrated published about him...	The Trekking Peaks of Nepal The big expedition peaks are usually beyond the reach of most amateurs. However, paying for...	Close Ups of the High Sierra Best Price: $12.08 This collection of Norman Clyde short topics from the 1920's and 1930's captures, in Clyde's...	Rock Climbing 2009 Calendar Best Price: $8.98 Rock Climbing features 12 full color photos of people climbing some of the world's roughest but...	Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art Best Price: $17.54 Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art highlights a century of landscape art inspired by the Mount...

Everest the Hard Way For many years Chris Bonington was one of the leading organizers of British climbing expeditions...	Climbing in the Moroccan Ant-Atlas: Tafroute and Jebel El Kest (Cicerone Climbing Overseas) Best Price: $13.50	Yosemite Climbs Best Price: $79.35	K2: Mountain of Mountains Hail to the king of the mountaineers! Read about Messner's climb of K2 without oxygen - an...	Adventure Armenia: Hiking and Rock Climbing Best Price: $16.95 I have lived in Armenia for over a year, and this is by far the most useful guide book on the...

How to Climb: Clip and Go! (How To Climb Series) Best Price: $0.95 This is a little book! Do not expect hours of engrossing reading. For most people this can be...	Just for the Love of It Best Price: $35.95	Fat Crack Country: Rock Climbing in Vedauwoo Best Price: $20.00 Rock climbing maps and descriptions of the Vedauwoo climbing area near Lamarie, Wyoming. Plenty...	Rock Climbing (Outdoor Pursuits Series) Best Price: $6.09 A picture is worth 1000 words and this book uses color pictures well. The book is fairly short,...	Coordinate Companion: Climbing Joshua Tree Best Price: $10.95 This companion is invaluable to me and my friends. We climb Joshua Tree once a month and it's...

American Rock: Region, Rock, and Culture in American Climbing Best Price: $10.72 Why have I not encountered Mellor's wring before? Where the hell have I been? He has written...	Don't Waste Your Time in the North Cascades: An Opinionated Hiking Guide to Help You Get the Most from This Magnificent Wilderness Best Price: $66.94 My wife and I are day-hikers which means, of course, we have a perspective that would be...	Fifty Classic Climbs of North America Written and photographed by the greatest adventure photographer of all time, High and Wild is a...	Royal Robbins: Spirit of the Age (Climbing Classics) Best Price: $28.50 I just finished the book and have been inspired to, once again, return to the craigs. I think...	Mountaineering in the Andes

The Best of Rock & Ice: An Anthology Best Price: $1.00 This book is an anthology of articles published in Rock and Ice, with an emphasis on fairly...

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