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Climbing big mountains is no easy task. The number of things that can go wrong far outnumber the odds for bagging the summit or finish a route on a major alpine face - and still alpinists bet high when the chips are down. If we really fall in love with a ...

"The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer"
Heinrich Harrer was in the first party which ascended the notorious North Wall of the Eiger in 1938. Thw White Spider is his classic account of the attempts to make that terrible climb. 'An outstanding book in the mountaineering library. It tells the sto...

"Between A Rock And A Hard Place."
Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Aron Ralston Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, was on a day's hike through a remote and narrow Utah canyon when a falling boulder wedged his right hand against the canyon wall. Recovering from th...

On May 9th 1996, five expeditions launched an assault on the summit of Mount Everest. The conditions seemed perfect. Twenty-four hours later one climber had died and 23 other men and women were caught in a desperate struggle for their lives as they battle...

"Knots for Climbers (Falcon Guides How to Climb) by Craig Luebben"
Another excellent falcon guide, this one on knots....

Excellent training guide that's specific to climbers. Plenty of sports science to back it up as well....

Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped on an Alpine mountain at 10,000 feet by a ferocious storm in 1999 has passed into legend. It was a miracle that he survived; but Jamie had to ome to terms not only with the death of his close fr...

After reading this book , climbing , and the why's of it seemed to make more sense for me :o) Feeding the Rat is the riveting story of an extraordinary man: climbing legend Mo Anthoine, who found his greatest joy in adventures that tested the far limits...