Mountaineering 8

Rucksack Guide - Alpinism is your essential handbook when on the mountain. It offers concise guidance and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in, including: technical skills: t……続きを見る

Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his 70s, but spends most of his time sailing into the Arctic and making first ascents of inaccessible mountains. No tea parties for th……続きを見る

Rucksack Guide - Winter Mountaineering is your essential handbook for the winter mountain. It offers concise guidance and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in, including: te……続きを見る

Climbing indoors has undergone a revolution. Indoor walls are no longer seen as simply a means to help climbers develop skills and get a bit fitter for 'the real thing'. These days many climbers pre……続きを見る

Recopilación de las columnas publicadas durante 10 años, a partir del 2003, por el Anticristo. Un comentarista radical cuyas opiniones insólitas representaron el primer esfuerzo que se hizo en Chile……続きを見る

En el extremo sur del continente americano, en un área compartida por Chile y Argentina, se localiza el Campo de Hielo Sur, la cuarta zona glacial más grande del planeta.Azotada por feroces temporal……続きを見る

• 40 classic traditional multi-pitch rock climbs from 5.4 to 5.8 • Climbs organized by area: Lumpy Ridge, Eldorado Canyon, Boulder Canyon, the Flatirons, Garden of the Gods, and the South Platte • C……続きを見る

Steve Backshall's love affair with the mountains has taken him to some of the world's wildest places, environments that have the power to make a human being feel very small, very vulnerable and very……続きを見る

David Chaundy-Smart took it as a compliment when his high school vice-principal told him he was wasting his youth by climbing. Here, he tells the story of how he and his brother, Reg, spent the last……続きを見る

THE SPORT OF ROCK CLIMBING was once a luxury enjoyed by the rich and wealthy youth who were adventurous. However, by the 1990s this interesting and exhilarating sport became a hobby for even the Ave……続きを見る

Kenton Cool is the finest alpine climber of this generation. His accomplishments are staggering. He has summited Everest twelve times. He is the first person in history to climb the three Everest pe……続きを見る

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and t****he extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to revea……続きを見る

* The author reveals the demons that drove her to extreme physical accomplishments at the cost of great suffering story of adventure and personal growth * Pasaban is one of the best high-altitude cl……続きを見る

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, Krakauer writes of mountains f……続きを見る

CLICK HERE to download the free chapter called, "Training for Power" from Bouldering (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) * Includes technical p……続きを見る

This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty. -The Wall Street Journal I couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m.!)... A fascinatin……続きを見る

Lawrence Grassi was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. A working-class man of humble Italian origins who worked as a labourer and a coal miner for most of his life, Grassi had a deep passion ……続きを見る

Everest - the highest mountain in the world and the ultimate climbing challenge. In 2006, 11 people died attempting to reach the summit, the most fatalities since 1996. But unlike 1996, 2006 saw no ……続きを見る

'Well told, personable, fast-paced, and undoubtedly a fascinating read' Daily Telegraph Gripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armcha……続きを見る

Wilfrid Noyce is best known for his mountaineering exploits during the period before the Second World War and until his death in 1962 in the Pamirs; he made a major contribution to the success of th……続きを見る

CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from Fiva “A wonderful, nostalgic, gripping, classic yarn with great humour.” ーJoe simpson, author of Touching the Void * A classic tale of how youthful ……続きを見る

42 summits climbed - from 600 to 7000m of altitude - 25 countries crossed, 102,000m of vertical drop. € 11,000 raised for the benefit of the fight against cancer. While occupying a senior executive ……続きを見る

'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester This classic account offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation ……続きを見る

Winner, Mountaineering History, 2015 Banff Mountain Book Competition From internationally renowned mountain historian Bernadette McDonald comes a highly readable, intense and exciting look at the ex……続きを見る

Hans Gmoser (1932–2006) was the most influential mountaineer in Canada of the last fifty years. Through innovation, hard work, perseverance and an appetite for adventure, Gmoser evolved from pennile……続きを見る

Reaching the summit of Everest is a great achievement; getting down safely is even greater. Until 1996 one climber would die out of six, most of the time during their descent. Hugo Rodriguez Barroso……続きを見る

Alcanzar la cumbre del Everest es un logro inmenso, bajar de ahí con vida lo es aún más. De cada seis montañistas que intentan esta cumbre, techo del mundo, uno pierde la vida; las más de las veces ……続きを見る

This is the true story of one woman's remarkable journey from self-doubt and despair to the top of the worldーa moving and inspiring tale of exhilarating adventure...and the astonishing strength of ……続きを見る

* This classic established Child as one of the great mountaineering writers of our time * Describes Child's apprenticeship to such climbing legends as Doug Scott, Don Whillans, and Alan Rouse * Writ……続きを見る

The remarkable story of how a double amputee from New Zealand made it to the top of Mt Everest - and back down again.On 15 May 2006 double amputee Mark Inglis fulfilled a childhood ambition: to stan……続きを見る