Rock Climbing


Alone on the Wall
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
How to Rock Climb!
Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series)
Rock Climbing Anchors: A Comprehensive Guide (The Mountaineers Outdoor Experts Series)
Self-Coached Climber
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
The Climber, Vol. 1 by Shin'ichi SakamotoStaerstone by H. K. StubbsCrux by Gabriel TallentLost Man's Lane by Scott  CarsonThis Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer
Rock Climbing Fiction
41 books — 3 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
#GetOutside
245 books — 68 voters
Kilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayG.G. Rock Climbs by Marty Mokler BanksRevelations by Jerry MoffattSummit by Harry FarthingThe Next Everest by Jim Davidson
Climbing
32 books — 19 voters


The incline and height of the rocks increased sharply, making his climb more difficult. He needed his other hand totally free, as he knew his pursuers would as well. He holstered his pistol. He'd gotten more than three- quarters of the way to the top when even two free hands were barely enough to continue upward. The steps be- gan sloping on top, so that there was less and less to stand on. His legs pushed, toes searching for holds, arms pulling, fingers clutching, each new ascent more difficult ...more
David Ball, Empires of Sand by David Ball

Tomaz believed that 80% alpinism was mental and spiritual and that his third eye vision & openness of his mind to the language of the walls were critical
Bernadette McDonald, Tomaz Humar

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