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
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
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
Climbing Anchors
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
The Next Everest by Jim DavidsonIcefall by John AllBuried in the Sky by Peter ZuckermanThe Last Hours on Everest by Graham HoylandBeyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
The Mountains Are Calling
18 books — 7 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherEdge of the Map by Johanna GartonBy Any Means by Charley BoormanThe Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
Adventure Biographies
40 books — 27 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David  Roberts
What happened to them?
59 books — 50 voters


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People ask me, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of no use.'There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behaviour of the human body at high altitudes, and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron... If you cannot understa ...more
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