Climbing Anchors
By: John Long
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The comprehensive guide to anchoring systems for rock climbers.
Want to Read $ 17.99If you liked the outdoors plot in Climbing Anchors by John Long , here is a list of 6 books like this:
1. Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
By: Galen A. Rowell , Anatoli Boukreev , Linda Wylie , Galen Rowell
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world… read more
Want to Read $ 13.49Similar categories in Galen A. Rowell's Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- mountaineering
- climbing
- outdoors
- nonfiction
2. 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
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Mark Twight's Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- mountaineering
- climbing
- outdoors
- nonfiction
"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
3. Artemis
By: Andy Weir
3.69
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Andy Weir's Artemis book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
"Goddamn, it’s annoying to commit crimes in a small town."-Andy Weir, Artemis
"And like all good plans, it required a crazy Ukrainian guy."-Andy Weir, Artemis
"The moon is a nice place to pass out. You hit the ground very gently."-Andy Weir, Artemis
"Hartnell's was for drinking. And you could get any drink you wanted, as long as it was beer."-Andy Weir, Artemis
4. Stories of Your Life and Others
By: Ted Chiang
4.26
Format: 281 pages, ebook
What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
5. The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers
By: Arno Ilgner , Jeff Achey
3.97
Format: None pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Arno Ilgner's The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- outdoors
- climbing
- fitness
- nonfiction
6. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment
By: Robert Wright
3.64
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Wright's Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- nonfiction
7. The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
By: Tommy Caldwell
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesBestseller A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Tommy Caldwell's The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- climbing
- outdoors
- nonfiction
8. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
By: Lawrence Wright
4.16
Format: 208 pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
9. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
By: Jon Krakauer
4.38
Format: 234 pages,
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jon Krakauer's Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
10. Lying
By: Sam Harris
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition
As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vic… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sam Harris's Lying book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
11. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
By: Jon Krakauer
4.20
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
A multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyie… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
12. How to Climb 5.12, 2nd
By: Eric J. Hörst
1.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
A manual for intermediate climbers to make the physical and mental jump to advanced climbing abilit… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Eric J. Hörst's How to Climb 5.12, 2nd book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
13. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
There is a lifeform so strange and wondrous that it forces us to rethink how life works…Neither pla… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- nonfiction
"I have tried to find ways to enjoy the ambiguities that fungi present, but it's not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It's tempting to hide…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Anthropomorphism is usually thought of as an illusion that arises like a blister in soft human minds: untrained, undisciplined, unhardened. There are good reasons for this: when we humanise the world…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
14. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
By: Frank Herbert
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah (Dune, #2) book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
15. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- nonfiction
16. Witch King
By: Martha Wells
3.71
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
17. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Ted Chiang's Exhalation book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
18. The Precipice
By: Toby Ord
4.00
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central ch… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Toby Ord's The Precipice book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- nonfiction
"If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Humanity is about two hundred thousand years old. But the Earth will remain habitable for hundreds of millions more—enough time for millions of futu…"-Toby Ord, The Precipice
19. Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
By: Lauren DeLaunay Miller
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Climbing Literature Winner "Long overdue anthology highligh… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Lauren DeLaunay Miller's Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- climbing
- nonfiction
"The mountains and walls do not care who we are, but they demand that we bring the very best of ourselves to our every interaction with them."-Lauren DeLaunay Miller, Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
20. Down: The Complete Descent Manual for Climbers, Alpinists and Mountaineers (Cragmanship)
By: Andy Kirkpatrick
4.75
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
"This book will save your life" Pete Whittaker (Wide Boyz) Down is a ground breaking encyclopedic s… read more
Want to Read $ 20.00Similar categories in Andy Kirkpatrick's Down: The Complete Descent Manual for Climbers, Alpinists and Mountaineers (Cragmanship) book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- climbing
- outdoors
21. Climbing Anchors
By: John Long
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The comprehensive guide to anchoring systems for rock climbers. read more
Want to Read $ 17.99Similar categories in John Long's Climbing Anchors book and John Long's Climbing Anchors
- fitness
- guidebook
- nonfiction
- reference
- mountaineering
- climbing
- outdoors
