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…
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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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- memoir
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- nonfiction
- mountaineering
- climbing
"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. Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
By: Nick Heil
4.08
Format: 88 pages,
In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everes… read more
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3. 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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- memoir
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4. The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs
4.25
Format: None pages,
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2chronicles his three attempts to climb the … read more
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5. Surviving K2
By: Wilco van Rooijen
4.13
Format: None pages,
WILCO VAN ROOIJEN: SURVIVING K2 Surviving two days in the Death Zone In the summer of 2008 the 'Nor… read more
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6. Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves
By: Ed Douglas , David Rose , David Rose
4.67
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
By any standard, Alison Hargreaves was a world-class mountaineer. In May 1995, she reached the summ… read more
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7. K2: Triumph and Tragedy
By: Jim Curran
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, at 8611 metres only a couple of hundred metres lowe… read more
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8. Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival
By: Yossi Ghinsberg
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable, if hastily met, mochileros (backpackers) quickl… read more
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9. The Mountain: My Time on Everest
By: David Roberts , Ed Viesturs
4.21
Format: 256 pages, ebook
In national bestseller The Mountain, world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and … read more
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10. Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
By: Peter Zuckerman , Amanda Padoan
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for… read more
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11. 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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12. Naked and Marooned: One Man. One Island.
By: Ed Stafford
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
What do you do after you walk the Amazon? Ed Stafford--adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World… read more
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13. The Dog Stars
By: Peter Heller
3.67
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now his wife is gone, his frie… read more
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14. Annapurna
By: Maurice Herzog , Janet Adam Smith , Eric Shipton , None
3.67
Format: 272 pages,
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. One Mountain Thousand Summits: The Untold Story Tragedy and True Heroism on K2
By: None
4.15
Format: None pages,
An insider's account of one of the deadliest and most controversial tragedies in mountaineering his… read more
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19. 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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20. 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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21. The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
By: Mark Synnott
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
***NPR Books We Love selection*** “If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make… read more
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22. Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
By: Michael Wejchert
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible res… read more
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23. The Burning Chambers (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #1)
By: Kate Mosse
3.97
Format: 605 pages, Kindle Edition
Carcassonne 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father’s book… read more
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24. Alien Clay
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more
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25. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
By: Timothy Egan
4.13
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nat… read more
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"There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Of all the foes which attack the woodlands of North America, no other is so terrible as fire."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Ideas take on their own trajectory, but they die without people to carry them into the corridors of power."-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
"Onward and upward he pushed until rock, ground, and forest came to an end, until there was nothing but a sharp edge of blunt earth protruding in the late light of the range, where he could see well b…"-Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
26. Alone on the Wall
By: Alex Honnold
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan i… read more
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"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"The climbing and travel in this book wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my entire extended family. I’m grateful that everyone has always encouraged my adventures and not questioned my…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"From my adventures in the subculture of addiction recovery, I’d learned that the trajectory of one’s life often boils down to a few identifiable moments—decisions that change everything. I knew all t…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
27. The Endless Knot: K2 Mountain of Dreams and Destiny
By: Kurt Diemberger
4.16
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
‘A monumental book … I defy anyone to read it and remain unmoved.’ Stephen Venables, Alpine Journal… read more
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28. 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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29. Up: My Life Journey to the Top of Everest
By: Ben Fogle
4.18
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest. Everest, the mounta… read more
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30. Sacred Summits: Kangchenjunga, the Carstensz Pyramid, and Gauri Sankar
By: Peter Boardman
4.30
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Pe… read more
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31. Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue
By: John Allen
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For over 30 years John Allen was an active member of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team & for most … read more
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