Discover the real story behind one of Britain's greatest triumphsDiscover one of Britain's greatest triumphs, drawing on never-before-seen diaries and exclusive interviews 'An exciting, moving account a fascinating piece of documentary writing, as readable and poignant as Into Thin Air or Touching the Void.
Philip Tranter and three friends drove a Land Rover 6,000 miles overland from Scotland to Nuristan to explore some of the unknown Central Hindu Kush area.
A classic event in mountaineering history, dramatically retold by a classic mountaineer Ascending the Matterhorn was the 19th century equivalent of standing on Mars A great historical story of tension and drama Author is uniquely qualified to delve into Whymper s complicated personalityAs Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhorn one of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps.
Hamish Brown, who occupies a special place as a Scottish writer and traveller, turns his wealth of experience into captivating narratives of fascinating people and places; sometimes serious, at times laugh aloud in this new volume.
Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2018Jonny Muir was a nine-year-old boy when the silhouette of a runner in the glow of sunset on the Malvern Hills caught his eye.
La presente obra, una exquisita prosa acompañada por bellas imágenes andinas, corresponde a las memorias de los viajes de Javier Barra, un hombre aventurero cuya pasión por la montaña y la naturaleza lo motivaron a escribir sus experiencias, describir la exótica belleza de las cumbres del sur de Chile y realizar una narración con aires de prosa poética en la que su voz se convierte en la de un hablante lírico, cuya inspiración son las emociones producidas por el entorno natural que se devela ante sus ojos y las sensaciones que estos descubrimientos conllevan.
High atop a mountain, Keith Brueckner grappled with fear at the sight of an immense wall of steep ice and snow, a looming overhang, and the descending grey of storm high on a face.
Eric and Matthew were born in Berea, KY in 1986 and started hiking with their Dad in the nearby hills and hollers of Kentucky as soon as they could walk.
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the "e;Death Zone"e; best - the climbers of Everest themselves.