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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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

Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map

A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story

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

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Climbing Books

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

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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)

Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

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Lists

Forever on the Mountain by James M. Tabor

Banff Mountain Book Festival Award Winners

171 books — 38 voters

The Wakeful Wanderer's Guide to New New England & Beyond by Jim Infantino

Best Adventure Travel Memoirs (nonfiction)

60 books — 65 voters

One Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-Schinzing

Best Adventure Travel Memoir

274 books — 174 voters

The Art of Holding On and Letting Go by Kristin Bartley Lenz

Rock Climbing Fiction and Non Fiction Novels

31 books — 31 voters

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Scene of the Climb by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley

The Mountains Are Calling...

171 books — 13 voters

Sitting in a Tree

243 books — 17 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Climbing”

“ Because it's there. ...more ”
― George Mallory

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“ For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man. ”
― George Mallory

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