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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.26 — 570,611 ratings — published 1997
Alone on the Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.89 — 13,879 ratings — published 2015
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 64,837 ratings — published 1988
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,340 ratings — published 2003
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,197 ratings — published 2009
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.46 — 10,557 ratings — published 2017
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,444 ratings — published 2002
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,747 ratings — published 1990
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.59 — 3,985 ratings — published 1960
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series)
by (shelved 79 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 672 ratings — published 1997
Self-Coached Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.22 — 565 ratings — published
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,424 ratings — published 1997
Climbing Anchors (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.35 — 409 ratings — published 1993
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
by (shelved 55 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,586 ratings — published 1951
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,496 ratings — published 2006
Vertical Mind: Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.97 — 348 ratings — published 2014
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,969 ratings — published 2009
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,516 ratings — published 1959
The Rock Climber's Training Manual | A Guide to Continuous Improvement (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.49 — 291 ratings — published 2014
Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,380 ratings — published 2014
Make or Break: Don't Let Climbing Injuries Dictate Your Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.46 — 205 ratings — published 2015
The Beckoning Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,724 ratings — published 2002
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,381 ratings — published 2019
Espresso Lessons From The Rock Warrior's Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.21 — 284 ratings — published 2009
How To Climb 5.12 (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.72 — 311 ratings — published 1994
Psychovertical (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 911 ratings — published 2008
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,621 ratings — published 2003
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,061 ratings — published 2007
Conquistadors of the Useless (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,584 ratings — published 1961
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,136 ratings — published 2001
Rock Climbing Technique: The Practical Guide to Movement Mastery (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.43 — 260 ratings — published
Mastermind: Mental Training for Climbers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 171 ratings — published
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,563 ratings — published 2012
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,322 ratings — published 2008
How to Rock Climb! (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.93 — 282 ratings — published 1989
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,875 ratings — published 2010
Better Bouldering (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 181 ratings — published 1997
Rock Climbing Anchors: A Comprehensive Guide (The Mountaineers Outdoor Experts Series)
by (shelved 24 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.32 — 231 ratings — published 2006
The Climbing Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.42 — 233 ratings — published 2018
Conditioning for Climbers: The Complete Exercise Guide (How To Climb Series)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.82 — 196 ratings — published 2008
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.61 — 8,237 ratings — published 2000
Climbing Self Rescue: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 115 ratings — published 2006
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,736 ratings — published 1999
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,004 ratings — published 2024
Revelations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.38 — 445 ratings — published 2009
The Tower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.31 — 879 ratings — published 2014
Beastmaking: A fingers-first approach to becoming a better climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.40 — 401 ratings — published
This Game of Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,467 ratings — published 1993
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,081 ratings — published 1980
Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.16 — 295 ratings — published 1994
“I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“I like the mountains because they make me feel small,' Jeff says. 'They help me sort out what's important in life.”
― Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
― Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
