Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.
Learn the techniques you need to become an expert navigator, without reliance on technology. Discover the basic principles of navigation in this clever and co……続きを見る
In Storms of Silence, Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tib……続きを見る
"What transformed pure physical delight into something deeper was the fact that no-one had been here before..."
Discover the fascinating stories of the men and women who have scaled the world's high……続きを見る
Discover a world of Alpine walking adventures with 100 Hut Walks in the Alps, the ultimate inspiration and planning guide for unforgettable day walks and overnight hut experiences across Europe’s gr……続きを見る
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 sziklamászá……続きを見る
Moonwalker is a unique story, the memoir of a man whose love of Scotland's mountains would override his body-clock and all conventional notions of health and safety. When Alan Rowan finished his shi……続きを見る
In this stunning large-format book, British mountaineer Alan Hinkes describes for the first time in one place his experiences of climbing all 14 of the peaks over 8000m: the world's highest mountain……続きを見る
Retour sur l’expédition réussie de 1953 sur l’Everest
Dans cet ouvrage historique, Michael Ward apporte non seulement un éclairage nouveau sur l’expédition de 1953 qui réussit l’ascension du toit du……続きを見る
Maurice Wilson, à l’aube de ses 35 ans, entreprend de se rendre en monoplan monomoteur à cockpit ouvert sur les flancs de l’Everest pour planter le premier drapeau à son sommet
Ce projet semble fou ……続きを見る
Il suffit d’un déclic, d’un choix fait à un moment clef de sa vie pour la rendre complètement extraordinaire !
Steph Davis, une américaine hors limite, qui aime prendre des risques, se laissant guid……続きを見る
Une biographie romancée, mais surtout, une magnifique aventure en pleine montagne !
Lors d'un voyage dans l'ouest américain, Marie va rendre visite à Jon, son ancien compagnon de montagne et amant. ……続きを見る
Based on a full-colour rucksack-friendly printed guidebook, this fixed-format ebook respects the original page layouts, while also enabling instant cross-references, searchable text and web links. P……続きを見る
The Mountains of My Life collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the world, as well as the real story behind the controver……続きを見る
THE GRIPPING, TERRIFYING STORY OF A BRUTAL STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE HIMALAYAN K2, THE WORLD'S MOST HOSTILE TERRAIN.
'Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage, folly and l……続きを見る
* The only available guide devoted solely to the route used by 90 percent of all climbers who summit Denali
* Historic aerial photos and introduction by one of the route's pioneers -- Bradford Washb……続きを見る
The Naked Mountaineer recounts a series of solo journeys to some of the world’s most exotic peaks in places such as Switzerland, Japan, and Borneo. However, it is far from the typical heroic mountai……続きを見る
Warum klettern, wenn man auch abstürzen kann? Wie wurde aus dem Klettern eigentlich ein Sport? Und was hat das Erklimmen eines Berges mit Individualität zu tun? Ist Solo-Klettern Wahnsinn oder moral……続きを見る
Wer in den Bergen aufwächst, wird in den Bergen groß. Albert Grüner aus Längenfeld in Tirol hat in jungen Jahren zu klettern begonnen, in den Felsen und an den gefrorenen Wasserfällen. Trainiert wur……続きを見る
From dazzling wildflower-sprinkled valleys up through tundra and talus, husband and wife team Phil and Suzanne Brink set out to summit every fourteen-thousand feet peak in Colorado in one summer. Bu……続きを見る
* Adventure memoir from a renowned winter climber at the top of his game
* Moro reflects on some of his most significant climbs
* A bestseller in Italy, this is the first English-language edition of……続きを見る
* Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life
* Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts
* A……続きを見る
It takes forty days to know the mountain.
Each spring, over eight hundred climbers attempt to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. The conditions are challenging, and without warning can become life-thr……続きを見る
K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, at 8611 metres only a couple of hundred metres lower than Everest. It is one of the most unrelenting and testing of the worlds 8000-metre peaks.
Jim C……続きを見る
著者：Jim Koehler
出版社： Books for Pleasure
発売日： 2015年05月18日
An incredibly fascinating and detailed account of the author's own experiences as a Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteer in the state of New Mexico, USA.
After retiring from an engineering career, Jim ……続きを見る
Caught way up on the mountain, no one is safe, from the archetypal nightmare of Tony Kurtz, seen to freeze to death by his stranded rescuers as he hung off the Eiger, to events that unfolded on the ……続きを見る
著者：Jon E. Lewis
出版社： Little, Brown Book Group
発売日： 2012年03月01日
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss.
Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-ha……続きを見る
著者：Jon E. Lewis
出版社： Little, Brown Book Group
発売日： 2012年03月01日
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, wit……続きを見る
著者：John Keay
出版社： Little, Brown Book Group
発売日： 2012年06月07日
Alarms amongst the Uzbeks - Alexander Burnes
Of all the "forbidden" cities (Timbuktu, Mecca, Lhasa, Riyadh and so on) none enjoyed a more fearsome reputation that Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The first Br……続きを見る
If there’s an adventure to be had, it’s likely that David Hempleman-Adams has been there first. Ranking alongside Ranulph Fiennes and Chris Bonnington in the pantheon of British explorers, he is the……続きを見る
L'histoire vraie , captivante et souvent dramatique d'une exceptionnelle génération d'alpinistes, partis au bout de leurs rêves.
Peu d'hommes peuvent prétendre avoir autant marqué l'histoire de la m……続きを見る
