Mountaineering
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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survival
$18.99 Add to cartJoe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his
- Author: Simpson, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0060730552
- Language: English
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
$21.00 Add to cart#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more–including Krakauer’s–in guilt-ridden disarray.
“A harrowing tale o… [more below]- Author: Krakauer, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 19 1999
- ISBN10: 0385494785
- Language: English
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$21.99 Add to cartWhether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges o
- Author: Light, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1324123575
- Language: English
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The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
$15.95 Add to cartThe White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently en… [more below]
- Author: Harrer, Heinrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 28 1998
- ISBN10: 0874779405
- Language: English
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Kilimanjaro: The Trekking Guide to Africa’s Highest Mountain: All-In-One Guide for Climbing Kilimanjaro. Includes Getting to Tanzania and Kenya, Town
$22.95 Add to cartThe most authoritative and detailed guide to climbing Africa’s highest mountain
At 19,341ft Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain. Yet with no mountaineering skills necessary to reach the summit, ev
- Author: Stedman, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1912716488
- Language: English
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The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
$20.00 Add to cartA renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures–and the early trauma that drove him to seek such heights.
“An extraordinary memoir of mental illness that read- Author: Richards, Cory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593596803
- Language: English
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Glacier Climbing & Crevasse Rescue: Essential Skills for Snow Travel
$34.95 Add to cartAn expert instructional how-to guide featuring essential skills and techniques for travel across steep snow and glaciers
- For intermediate and advanced climbers
- The only comprehensive guide on glacier c
- Author: Nicholson, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1680516442
- Language: English
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Miscalculated Risks: Attacked, Crippled, Paralyzed, Drowning, Unconscious and Freezing in The Wild (Just Not All at Once)
$18.99 Add to cartMichael Cooper was compulsively drawn to perilous places. It nearly got him killed over a half-dozen times.
In its action-packed, often-comical pages, Miscalculated Risks recounts how Cooper’s increasi
- Author: Cooper, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: October 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9798998909504
- Language: English
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Ascending America: Five Kidney Donors, Fifty Peaks in Fifty States, One Record-Breaking Journey
$24.99 Add to cartWhat If Saving a Life Didn’t Limit You, but Propelled You to New Heights?
When retired emergency physician and kidney donor Matt Harmody joined a team of four other donors to climb the highest peak in
- Author: Harmody, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: November 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9798999592811
- Language: English
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Against the Wind: Reflections on a Self-Determined Life
$29.95 Add to cartThe “Mountain King” looks back on eight decades, summit controversies, and his lasting legacy of climbing for the experience and the journey
Reinhold Messner is one of history’s greatest mountaineers- Author: Messner, Reinhold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1680518186
- Language: English
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Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History
$40.00 Add to cartAs adventure sports like climbing and mountaineering become popular, women’s visibility in the sport has also grown. Mountaineering Women is a richly illustrated collection of the awesome and often su
- Author: Croston, Joanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 050002717X
- Language: English
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Chasing the Grid: An Ultrarunner’s Physical and Spiritual Journey in Pursuit of the Ultimate Mountain Challenge
$19.95 Add to cartDiscover the transformational journey of a conventional-minded runner to a minimalist, mountain-climbing, adventure-seeking ultrarunner determined to conquer the Catskill Mountains challenge known as … [more below]
- Author: Posner, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1646048520
- Language: English
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Ice & Mixed Climbing: Improve Technique, Safety, and Performance
$32.95 Add to cartThe first edition of Ice & Mixed Climbing was groundbreaking: a comprehensive instruction guide to ice and mixed climbing written by one of the sport’s premier practitioners, Will Gadd. Like its prede… [more below]
- Author: Gadd, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1680511262
- Language: English
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Climbing High: A Woman’s Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
$16.99 Add to cartOn May 10, 1996, Lene Gammelgaard became the first Scandinavian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But a raging storm and human error conspired to turn triumph into catastrophe. Eight of her … [more below]
- Author: Gammelgaard, Lene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 20 2000
- ISBN10: 0060953616
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Nepal
$28.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Nepal.
Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from hiking to the hilltop Changu Narayan
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Mayhew, Bradley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1837583730
- Language: English
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I Could Die at Any Moment
$25.00 Add to cartAdrenaline, avalanches, and addiction-I Could Die at Any Moment is the poignantly personal story about one thrill seeker’s quest to live life to the fullest.
Why is risking death worth it for adventur
- Author: Hill, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1955690596
- Language: English
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Counting Bones: Anatomy of Love Lost and Found
$19.95 Read moreWhen she was twenty-four years old, Ellen Anderson Penno lost her partner in a climbing accident while they were ascending Mount Baker in Washington’s Cascade Range. The avalanche hid his body in a cr
- Author: Anderson Penno, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1774390922
- Language: English
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The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
$30.00 Add to cartA renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures–and the early trauma that drove him to seek such heights.
“An extraordinary memoir of mental illness that read- Author: Richards, Cory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 059359679X
- Language: English
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Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits
$31.18 Add to cartThe highpoints of the fifty states range from Alaska’s 20,310-foot-high Mount McKinley to 345 feet at Lakewood Park in Florida. Some highpoints, such as Mount Mitchell in North Carolina and New Hamps
- Author: Holmes, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: March 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1647691419
- Language: English
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A Higher Calling: Experiencing God As a Mountain Rescuer
$34.99 Add to cartWith over 70 colored photographs, embark on a breathtaking journey with the dedicated West Valley Search and Rescue Team. Witness their encounters with perilous mountain scenarios as they strive to as
- Author: Tapsfield, Mervin W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 9798895975725
- Language: English
