Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep object. It is done recreationally, competitively, in trades that rely on it, and in emergency rescue and military operations. It is done indoors and out, on natural and man-made structures. ...more

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Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
The Next Everest
The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
Zuurstofschuld
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
A Wild Idea: The True Story of Doug Tompkins―From Corporate Capitalism to Conservation Legacy in Patagonia's Wilderness
Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
Dixon, Descending
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Alone on the Wall
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series)
Self-Coached Climber
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Climbing Anchors
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonAnnapurna by Maurice HerzogK2 by Ed Viesturs
Worshipping Mountains
173 books — 71 voters
Rock Climbing Anchors by Craig LuebbenMountaineering by The Mountaineers ClubSelf-Coached Climber by Dan HagueTraining for Climbing by Eric J. Hörst1001 Climbing Tips by Andy Kirkpatrick
Best Instructional Climbing Books
7 books — 6 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David  Roberts
What happened to them?
59 books — 50 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos
Mountains on the Cover
435 books — 90 voters
The Next Everest by Jim DavidsonIcefall by John AllBuried in the Sky by Peter ZuckermanThe Last Hours on Everest by Graham HoylandBeyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
The Mountains Are Calling
18 books — 7 voters


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Nelson Algren
“ So he bought tickets to the Greyhound and they climbed, painfully, inch by inch and with the knowledge that, once they reached the top, there would be one breath-taking moment when the car would tip precariously into space, over an incline six stories steep and then plunge, like a plunging plane. She buried her head against him, fearing to look at the park spread below. He forced himself to look: thousands of little people and hundreds of bright little stands, and over it all the coal-smoke pall ...more ”
― Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning

Barry Finlay
“ Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing. ”
― Barry Finlay, Kilimanjaro and Beyond

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