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  • Training for the Uphill Athlete

    A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers

    Like Training for the New Alpinism, a training philosophy and guide for endurance athletes who thrive on distance and ascent ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain

    by Bruce Tremper ...
    The more you know about snow stability, the better your travel and rescue skills. And the sharper your decision making, the better you’ll be able to avoid avalanche danger and have more fun in the winter backcountry. In Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, 3rd Edition, acclaimed snow and avalanche expert Bruce Tremper provides easy-to-understand avalanche safety tips and skills, including the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Best Climbs Red Rocks

    Series series Best Climbs Series
    Best ClimbsRed Rocks appeals specifically to traveling climbers and local climbers who want the best local climbing. Although the Best Climbs guides feature routes of all grades, the emphasis is on easy to moderate routes in the 5.6 to 5.10 range.The book will include nearly 200 featured routes with each section including climbing area trivia and history in the form of short “callouts,” but the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Mountain Biking : Everything You Want to Know About Mountain Biking

    Mountain biking is a great way to explore the outdoors, stay in shape, or just have fun. Racing down the side of a mountain is a lot of fun indeed, although it can also be quite dangerous. Even though it's dangerous, if you ride with caution, it can be enjoyed by the entire family. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Erőss Zsolt

    A Himalájánál magasabbra

    A legnagyobb magyar hegymászó emlékére Ahogy Erőss Zsolt élete, úgy életrajzi könyve sem szokványos. A történetekből megismerhetjük a hegymászó kalandjait Erdélytől a Himalájáig, az első sziklamászástól a tragédiával végződő legutolsó expedícióig. Az alpinizmus mellett feltárulnak előttünk Ázsia, Afrika és Dél-Amerika egzotikus vidékei, amelyek évtizedek alatt Erőss Zsolt második otthonává váltak. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flying Off Everest

    A Journey from the Summit to the Sea

    by Dave Costello ...
    Perched impossibly on a ridge overlooking a 10,000-foot drop into Tibet, Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa wait. Heel to toe, connected at the waist by a pair of carabineers that’s connected to nothing else, they stare down the North Face of Mount Everest, a red and white nylon tandem paragliding wing fluttering behind them. They know that jumping off the top of the world marks only the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Savage Summit

    The Life and Death of the First Women of K2

    National Outdoor Book Award Winner: “Superbly researched portraits of the first five women to summit K2”—and the stories of their tragic fates (SF Gate).Though not as tall as Everest, the “Savage Mountain” is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest, but of the six women who ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shook

    An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day

    by Jennifer Hull ...
    Dave Hahn, a local of Taos, New Mexico, is a legendary figure in mountaineering. Elite members of the climbing community have likened him to the Michael Jordan, Cal Ripken, or Michael Phelps of the climbing world. The 2015 expedition he would lead came just one short year after the notorious Khumbu Icefall avalanche claimed the lives of sixteen Sherpas. Dave and his team—Sherpa sirdar Chhering ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills

    “The definitive guide to mountains and climbing . . .”—Conrad AnkerFor nearly 60 years it’s been revered as the “bible” of mountaineering–and now it’s even better than everThe best-selling instructional text for new and intermediate climbers for more than half a centuryNew edition—fully updated techniques and all-new illustrationsResearched and written by a team of expert climbersMountaineering: ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Mount Rainier Climbing Guide 3E

    A Climbing Guide

    by Mike Gauthier ...
    • 40 principal routes and their variations, with aerial photos and route overlays• Now with full-color photos and maps• All-new beta on 9 ski and snowboard routesMany of the most accomplished US alpinists have learned their skills on Mount Rainier. And many of the rest of us dream of one day standing on its majestic summit. Whether you’re one of these dreamers or an aspiring pro, you need this ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Dead Lucky

    Life After Death on Mount Everest

    by Lincoln Hall ...
    Lincoln Hall's breathtaking account of surviving a night in Everest's "death zone."Lincoln Hall likes to say that on the evening of May 25, 2006, he died on Everest. Indeed, Hall attempted to climb the mountain during a deadly season in which eleven people perished. And he was, in fact, pronounced dead, after collapsing from altitude sickness. Two Sherpas spent hours trying to revive him, but as ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The White Death

    Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone

    by Mckay Jenkins ...
    In 1969, five young men from Montana set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park's tallest mountain, in winter. Two days later tragedy struck: they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered until the following June. The White Death is the riveting account of that fated climb and of the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Climbing

    Training For Peak Performance

    by Clyde Soles ...
    "Whatever your talent, experience, and ambition, if you climb you would do well to read Clyde Soles' training manual. This book will allow you to pull down harder, last longer, and have more fun while you're at it." -- Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air"* Exercises to build strength, endurance, flexibility, and aerobic fitness* Up-to-date nutritional information* Tips for preparing mentally ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The High Sierra

    A Love Story

    A “sublime” and “radically original” exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Ghosts of K2

    The Race for the Summit of the World's Most Deadly Mountain

    by Mick Conefrey ...
    K2 is almost 800ft shorter than Everest, yet it’s a far harder climb. Many great mountaineers became obsessed with reaching its summit, not all of them lived to tell of their adventures. Capturing the depth of their obsession, the heart-stopping tension of the climb and delving into the controversy that still surrounds the first ascent, Mick Conefrey delivers the definitive account of the ‘Savage ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak

    The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak

    Translated by Nea Morin, Janet Adam Smith ...
    Mountaineer Maurice Herzog gives a gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in historyAnnapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Challenge of the North Cascades

    by Fred Beckey ...
    Back by popular demand, this mountaineering classic chronicles more than 30 years of Fred Beckey's adventures among the peaks. Includes a new preface by the author and an appendix. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Challenge of Rainier

    A Record of the Explorations and Ascents, Triumphs and Tragedies on

    by Dee Molenaar ...
    A classic history about an iconic mountain by one of the nation s great mountaineersOriginally published in 1971, THE CHALLENGE OF RAINIER is a classic in mountaineering reference and literature, long considered the definitive work on the climbing history of Mount Rainier. As a chronicler of significant events in the mountain's climbing history, author Dee Molenaar covers geology, glaciology, and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Designed by Adventure: 30 Years of Outdoor Research

    30 Years of Outdoor Research

    Thirty years ago a frustrated physicist from Seattle named Ron Gregg was retreating from an aborted attempt at a new alpine style route on Denali. His partner had been evacuated by helicopter, but Ron chose to ski back to the highway solo. In the process, Ron found a new direction in life. At that time, outdoor gear left much to be desired. Many of the best climbers and alpinists designed their ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The World Beneath Their Feet

    Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas

    **Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Best History/BiographyA saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement -- all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war -- that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century.**As tension steadily rose between European powers in the 1930s, a different kind of battle ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Freedom Climbers

    The Golden Age of Polish Climbing

    CLICK HERE to download the first chapter from Freedom Climbers(Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox)"One of the most important mountaineering books to be written for many years." —Boardman-Tasker Prize See this book trailer for Freedo... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Totem Pole

    Surviving the ultimate adventure

    Mountain climbing defined Paul Pritchard's existence and signposted his horizons. One of the leading climbers of the 1980s and 1990s, his adventures took him from his Snowdonia base to the Himalaya, from the Karakoram to Patagonia, from Baffin Island to the Pamirs. Winning the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature in 1997 with his book Deep Play allowed him a life dedicated to climbing. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

    “Gripping, intense. . . . Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air].”—Kate Tuttle, Boston GlobeWhen Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Pickets and Dead Men

    Seasons on Rainier

    by Bree Loewen ...
    * A women's perspective on the macho world of climbing rangers* Rescues, egos, and breakfast burritos on Mt. RainierBeing a climbing ranger on Mount Rainier proved to be a life-altering experience for Bree Loewen. As one of only a handful of women on staff, Bree fought to prove herself among men in the field, while confronting the often unrealistic expectations of the public on a mountain that ... Read more

    $13.99 USD