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Climbing Books
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.26 — 559,628 ratings — published 1997
Alone on the Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.89 — 13,574 ratings — published 2015
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 63,898 ratings — published 1988
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,289 ratings — published 2003
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.46 — 10,372 ratings — published 2017
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,170 ratings — published 2009
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.59 — 3,955 ratings — published 1960
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,409 ratings — published 2002
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,345 ratings — published 1990
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series)
by (shelved 78 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 671 ratings — published 1997
Self-Coached Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.22 — 566 ratings — published
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,166 ratings — published 1997
Climbing Anchors (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.35 — 405 ratings — published 1993
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
by (shelved 53 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,423 ratings — published 1951
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,328 ratings — published 2006
Vertical Mind: Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.97 — 345 ratings — published 2014
The Rock Climber's Training Manual | A Guide to Continuous Improvement (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.49 — 290 ratings — published 2014
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,878 ratings — published 2009
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,465 ratings — published 1959
Make or Break: Don't Let Climbing Injuries Dictate Your Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.45 — 199 ratings — published 2015
The Beckoning Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,698 ratings — published 2002
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,280 ratings — published 2019
Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,357 ratings — published 2014
Espresso Lessons From The Rock Warrior's Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 283 ratings — published 2009
How To Climb 5.12 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.71 — 307 ratings — published 1994
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,033 ratings — published 2007
Psychovertical (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 900 ratings — published 2008
Conquistadors of the Useless (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,546 ratings — published 1961
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,115 ratings — published 2001
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,395 ratings — published 2003
Mastermind: Mental Training for Climbers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.19 — 162 ratings — published
Rock Climbing Technique: The Practical Guide to Movement Mastery (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.43 — 257 ratings — published
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,220 ratings — published 2008
How to Rock Climb! (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.93 — 280 ratings — published 1989
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,248 ratings — published 2012
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.98 — 7,691 ratings — published 2010
Better Bouldering (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.95 — 178 ratings — published 1997
Rock Climbing Anchors: A Comprehensive Guide (The Mountaineers Outdoor Experts Series)
by (shelved 24 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.32 — 231 ratings — published 2006
Conditioning for Climbers: The Complete Exercise Guide (How To Climb Series)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.82 — 196 ratings — published 2008
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.61 — 8,061 ratings — published 2000
Climbing Self Rescue: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 114 ratings — published 2006
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,715 ratings — published 1999
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,878 ratings — published 2024
The Climbing Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.42 — 225 ratings — published 2018
Beastmaking: A fingers-first approach to becoming a better climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.41 — 382 ratings — published
Revelations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.38 — 433 ratings — published 2009
Trad Climber's Bible (How To Climb Series)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.35 — 112 ratings — published 2013
This Game of Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,453 ratings — published 1993
Crack Climbing: The Definitive Guide (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
by (shelved 20 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.74 — 78 ratings — published
The Tower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.32 — 847 ratings — published 2014
“For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.”
― Peak
― Peak
“...just the bare bones of a name, all rock and ice and storm and abyss. It makes no attempt to sound human. It is atoms and stars. It has the nakedness of the world before the first man – or of the cindered planet after the last”
― Secret Tibet
― Secret Tibet
