The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent
By: Doug K. Scott
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both. On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, …
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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
By: Joe Simpson
4.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more
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- nonfiction
- mountaineering
- climbing
- sports
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"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
2. Master of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest Peaks
By: Andrew Lock
3.98
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Named one of the “Five Adventure Books You Need to Read This Summer” by Backpacker Magazine For re… read more
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3. Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
By: Mark Twight
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
2001 Banff Mountain Literature Award Winner They call him Dr. Doom. Raving and kicking against med… read more
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"Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants."-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
"The simple fact is this: when you goto Alaska, you get your ass kicked."-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
"If you can not grasp the consciousness-altering experience that real mastery of these disciplines proposes, of what value is your participation?"-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
"Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he represents me. None of this could occur in France."-Mark Twight, Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
4. Annapurna: A Woman's Place
By: Maurice Herzog , Arlene Blum
4.18
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the fir… read more
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- audiobook
5. My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks
By: Jerzy Kukuczka , Andrew Wielochowski
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Autobiography of a Polish climber whose quiet determination and singular achievements ranked him am… read more
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- climbing
6. Conquistadors Of The Useless
By: Lionel Terray
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
An engagingly written portrait of the times and climbs of premier French Mountainerer, Lionel Terra… read more
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7. A Day to Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth
By: Graham Ratcliffe
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The truth about the 1996 Everest disaster by one of its survivors. On the night of May 10-11, 1996,… read more
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8. Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
By: James M. Tabor
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ten days passed with no rescue attempt, while more than half an expedition was stranded and dying a… read more
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9. Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
By: Andy Hall
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Denali's Howlis the white-knuckle account of one of the most deadly climbing disasters of all time.… read more
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10. The Great Railway Bazaar
By: Paul Theroux
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining… read more
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11. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Kraka… read more
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12. The Climb - Tragic Ambitions on Everest
By: Anatoli Boukreev , G. Weston DeWalt
3.68
Format: 528 pages,
The Climbis Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev's account of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest … read more
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13. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
By: Graham Bowley
3.64
Format: 320 pages,
In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, journalist Graham Bowley re-creates one of the most … read more
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14. K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs
5.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and … read more
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15. The Shining Mountain: Two Men On Changabang's West Wall
By: Peter Boardman
3.82
Format: None pages,
Describes the adventures of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker on their expedition to climb a mountain i… read more
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16. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
By: Wade Davis
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent work of history, biography and adventure. If the quest for Mount Everest began as a g… read more
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17. The Solace of Open Spaces
By: Gretel Ehrlich
3.21
Format: 192 pages,
"Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless a… read more
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18. Walking The Himalayas
By: Levison Wood
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Following his trek along the length of the Nile River, explorer Levison Wood takes on his greatest … read more
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19. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
By: Dan Jones
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more
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"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)
20. Ascent into Hell
By: Fergus White
4.48
Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition
There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free tre… read more
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21. Everest the Cruel Way: The audacious winter attempt of the West Ridge
By: Joe Tasker
3.96
Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition
On 30 January 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Evere… read more
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22. In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge
By: Sandy Allan
4.26
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the gre… read more
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23. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
By: Will Cockrell
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Ank… read more
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- audiobook
24. Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs
By: Sasha DiGiulian
4.04
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story—from coming of age under the scrutiny of soc… read more
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25. This Little Piggy (DI Heather Filson #2)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.52
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
Do you know who your friends are? When a much-loved Kilmarnock police constable is found beaten … read more
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26. The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent
By: Doug K. Scott
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Some mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both. On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, … read more
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27. The Everest Years: The challenge of the world's highest mountain
By: Chris Bonington
4.17
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
Sir Chris Bonington is a household name as a result of his distinguished mountaineering career duri… read more
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28. The Last Great Mountain: The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
By: Mick Conefrey
4.07
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but … read more
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- audiobook
29. Savage Arena: K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger
By: Joe Tasker
4.42
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
I could never again maintain that I was caught up in this game unwillingly. I knew now what I wante… read more
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30. Arctic Traverse: A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range
By: Michael Engelhard
3.78
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
A lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical figures, h… read more
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31. Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
By: Bernadette McDonald
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The name of Maurice Herzog, the first man to reach the summit of Annapurna, is widely recognized, b… read more
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