Mountains


Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
Le otto montagne
The Snow Leopard
The Mountains of California by John MuirDer Zauberberg by Thomas MannArt of the Mountain Banjo by Art RosenbaumThe Mountain Between Us by Charles MartinChasing Justice by Kathleen  Donnelly
Best Mountain Books
42 books — 7 voters
Highway 17 by Richard A. BealA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeAn Unnatural History of UCSC by Jeff ArnettGhost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains by John V. YoungContinental Drift by James D. Houston
Santa Cruz, California
39 books — 12 voters

Corrag by Susan  FletcherThe Tacksman's Daughter by Donna  ScottGlencoe by John PrebbleTreachery by Night by Ann RuffellThe Ghosts of Glencoe by Mollie Hunter
Glencoe
23 books — 7 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,156 books — 1,034 voters

Peter Matthiessen
The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no "meaning," they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again ...more
Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard

George Mallory
Because it's there. ...more
George Mallory

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