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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Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
A Wild Idea
The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
The Next Everest
Dixon, Descending
Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
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
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
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
Edge of the Map by Johanna GartonBreaking Trail by Arlene BlumA Woman's Place Is at the Top by Hannah KimberleyFinding Elevation by Lisa        ThompsonAnnapurna by Arlene Blum
Women Climb!
7 books — 8 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonK2 by Ed ViestursEiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer
Worshipping Mountains
169 books — 67 voters



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Holy everything that’s holy and even some not-holy things thrown in. There were no words for how vast this big rock of El Cap was. Or that big rock—there was Middle Cathedral Rock. Or that one over there— Sentinel, the Prow, Half Dome. The hugeness of the place ate my brain. I plopped down right there in El Cap Meadows and, mind exploding and now a believer in The Valley, I let it all soak in.
Tami Knight, Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers

OOoooOOoooowwwwwww, Aaaaaaaagghghghgh” he cried out suddenly. Stopped in midair and slowly spinning, the problem revealed itself. As he was descending, a big tuft of his large, fluffy red beard had been sucked into the ‘biner break. Ever so irrevocably, the rest of his face appeared to be sucking into it too.
Tami Knight, Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers

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