Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a steep object. It is done recreationally, competitively, in trades that rely on it, and in emergency rescue and military operations. It is done indoors and out, on natural and man-made structures. ...more

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Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
The Next Everest
The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
Zuurstofschuld
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
A Wild Idea: The True Story of Doug Tompkins―From Corporate Capitalism to Conservation Legacy in Patagonia's Wilderness
Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
Dixon, Descending
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Alone on the Wall
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series)
Self-Coached Climber
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Climbing Anchors
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonHeidi by Johanna SpyriThe Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos
Mountains on the Cover
433 books — 90 voters
Pollyanna by Eleanor Hodgman PorterA Separate Peace by John KnowlesTracing Stars by Erin E. MoultonFlipped by Wendelin Van DraanenWays To Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
Sitting in a Tree
243 books — 17 voters



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Mountains are different and unique from anything else you will face in life in that they are the truest, cleanest representative of life’s challenges in physical form. There is no mistaking the end goal, and there is no mistaking who got you there. You have to count on you, and your arrival at the summit is the simplest and most honest achievement for your soul that you can experience.
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