Climbing and mountaineering

This isn't your conventional self-help guide offering a simple formula for success.

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer.

A biography of the life and extraordinary summits of a professional Nepalese mountaineer.

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.

K2 is the world's second highest mountain, but its savage reputation is second to none.

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, at 8611 metres only a couple of hundred metres lower than Everest.

Vivències esfereïdores, apassionants i increïbles de les poques persones que s'han atrevit a enfrentar-se a l'hivern himalaià.

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.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Martin Moran lived life in the mountains to the full.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Originally published in the 1930s.

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.

Der Name Dyhrenfurth ist untrennbar mit dem Himalaya verbunden.

This book is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of mountaineering and the use of climbing rope.

'The winter completion of the Munros in a single push was not only a tremendous team effort but also Martin and Joy's great love story.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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.

'A fascinating account of a man of great humility and remarkable courage.

Hamish Brown's account of his epic walk has been the inspiration for generations of hillwalkers.

Zugspitz?

Der Mt.

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.

I needed a break.

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.

A true story of adventure, survival, training and hiking over 300 kilometers and reachingThe snow caps of Mt Kilimanjaro.

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.

K2 is a legend - one of the most demanding mountaineering challenges in the world and one of the most treacherous.

In seinem dritten Buch erzählt Michael Diemetz diesmal die verrückten Geschichten von 9 Co-Autoren, die diese beim Klettern erlebt haben.

Die Eiger-Nordwand und andere Träume.

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.

A mountain.

In der Sächsischen Schweiz wimmelt es von Stiegen.