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

The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
The Moth and the Mountain
A Wild Idea
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
The Next Everest
Dixon, Descending
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
The World Beneath Their Feet: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion
Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day
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
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
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
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherEdge of the Map by Johanna GartonBy Any Means by Charley BoormanTouching the Void by Joe Simpson
Adventure Biographies
38 books — 25 voters

The Next Everest by Jim DavidsonIcefall by John AllBuried in the Sky by Peter ZuckermanLast Hours on Everest by Graham HoylandBeyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
The Mountains Are Calling
16 books — 6 voters
Corrag by Susan  FletcherGlencoe by John PrebbleTreachery by Night by Ann RuffellThe Ghosts of Glencoe by Mollie HunterGlencoe by Charlotte Lyne
Glencoe
22 books — 4 voters

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. 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
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots & Ropework by Geoffrey BudworthComplete Book of Decorative Knots by Geoffrey BudworthThe Book of Camping Knots by Peter  OwenThe Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford W. AshleyThe Bluejacket's Manual by U.S. Department of the Navy
Practical Knots & Knotting
17 books — 4 voters


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Tami Knight, Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers

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