Mountaineering
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Touching My Father’s Soul: A Sherpa’s Journey to the Top of Everest
$17.99 Add to cartIn a story of Everest unlike any told before, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider’s view of the Sherpa world. As Climbing Leader of the famed 1996 Everest IMAX expedition led by David Breashear… [more below]
- Author: Norgay, Jamling T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 14 2002
- ISBN10: 0062516884
- Language: English
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Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival
$16.95 Add to cartIn 1937, Mount Lucania was the highest unclimbed peak in North America. Located deep within the Saint Elias mountain range, which straddles the border of Alaska and the Yukon, and surrounded by glacia… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 22 2007
- ISBN10: 1416567674
- Language: English
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Teewinot: Climbing and Contemplating the Teton Range
$22.99 Add to cartJack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear and friends. Later in life, he led treks in I
- Author: Turner, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 10 2001
- ISBN10: 0312284462
- Language: English
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A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston
$19.95 Read moreSerendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team conducting scientific research that un… [more below]
- Author: Holmes, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0252084314
- Language: English
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A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America’s Wildest Peak
$17.95 Add to cartThe captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck–an Episcopal priest–and his team’s history-making summit of Denali.
In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the talle- Author: Dean, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1639363033
- Language: English
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Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei
$28.00 Add to cartA collection of stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei (1939-2016), the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits.
New in paperback, Honouring High Places is a compe
- Author: Rolfe, Helen Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1771605278
- Language: English
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
$19.99 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 127 HOURS
One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told–Aron Ralston’s searing account of his six days trapped in one- Author: Ralston, Aron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 30, 2005
- ISBN10: 074349282X
- Language: English
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How to Rock Climb
$29.95 Read moreHow to Rock Climb, now in its sixth edition, is the most thorough instructional rock book in the world. All the fundamentals–from style and ethics, to physically scaling the rock–are presented by cl
- Series: How to Climb
- Author: Long, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 1493056263
- Language: English
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Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Performance
$29.95 Add to cartIncrease your strength, power, skill, and focus to maximize your climbing performance.
“Training for Climbing is a great resource. Whether you’re just starting out or already ticking 5.13, you’ll find
- Series: How to Climb
- Author: Horst, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1493017616
- Language: English
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Colorado’s Thirteeners: From Hikes to Climbs
$29.99 Add to cartAlthough climbing Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks has become increasingly popular in recent years for both state natives and visitors, many of the best climbs in the state are actually 13,000-foot peaks…. [more below]
- Author: Roach, Gerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1682752194
- Language: English
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Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
$22.00 Add to cartA breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb.
When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on- Author: Boukreev, Anatoli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 20 2002
- ISBN10: 031229137X
- Language: English
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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
$18.99 Add to cartA legendary trailblazer, Arlene Blum defied the climbing establishment of the 1970s by leading the first all-female teams on successful ascents of Mount McKinley and Annapurna and by being the first A… [more below]
- Author: Blum, Arlene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 05 2007
- ISBN10: 0156031167
- Language: English
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Limits of the Known
$16.95 Add to cartDavid Roberts has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. In Limits of the Known, he reflects on humanity’s–and his own–relationship to exploration and extreme
- Author: Roberts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 26 2019
- ISBN10: 0393356590
- Language: English
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Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit
$20.00 Add to cartThe basis for the new documentary film, Mountain: A Breathtaking Voyage into the Extreme. Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high lan… [more below]
- Series: Landscapes
- Author: MacFarlane, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 13 2004
- ISBN10: 0375714065
- Language: English
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Cyclist – Climb: The Most Epic Cycling Ascents in the World
$40.00 Add to cartA beautifully presented book showcasing the greatest, most epic cycling climbs in the world – including breath-taking photography, route maps and statistics.
Explore 35 of the most notorious, gruelin- Author: Cyclist Magazine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1784728098
- Language: English
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Meditations on the Peaks: Mountain Climbing as Metaphor for the Spiritual Quest
$14.99 Read moreEvola articulates the close relationship between the physical rigors of mountain climbing and the ascent of the initiate toward self-transcendence.
Julius Evola, a leading exponent of esoteric thought… [more below]- Author: Evola, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0892816570
- Language: English
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K2, The Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story Of Disaster And Survival On The World’s Second-Highest Mountain
$19.95 Add to cartThe 1953 American expedition to the second highest peak in the world.
- Author: Houston, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493050249
- Language: English
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Critical Hours: Search and Rescue in the White Mountains
$29.95 Add to cartA misread map, a sudden storm, a forgotten headlamp–and suddenly a leisurely hike turns into a treacherous endeavor. In the past decade, inexpensive but sophisticated navigation devices and mobile ph… [more below]
- Author: Stott, Sandy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1512600407
- Language: English
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Death Clouds on MT Baldy: Tucson’s Lost Tragedy
$19.95 Add to cartHaunting historical adventure drama relays harrowing accounts of rescue, survival, bravery and tragic loss. Nov.15,1958. An arctic-like blizzard roars out of nowhere across the mild desert terrain of … [more below]
- Author: Hufault, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: November 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0982874103
- Language: English
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The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain’s Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again
$19.99 Read moreOne of Atlas & Boots’ Top 10 Adventure Travel Books of 2021
A dramatic account of the deadly earthquake on Everest–and a return to reach the summit.
On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount- Author: Davidson, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1250836751
- Language: English
