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Climbing Books
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.26 — 582,618 ratings — published 1997
Alone on the Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.88 — 14,324 ratings — published 2015
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 66,061 ratings — published 1988
The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,384 ratings — published 2003
9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes: Navigation Through the Maze of Advice for the Self-coached Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,221 ratings — published 2009
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.46 — 11,017 ratings — published 2017
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,190 ratings — published 1990
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,486 ratings — published 2002
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.59 — 3,998 ratings — published 1960
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance (How to Climb Series)
by (shelved 79 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 681 ratings — published 1997
Self-Coached Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.22 — 564 ratings — published
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.99 — 18,770 ratings — published 1997
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
by (shelved 57 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,764 ratings — published 1951
Climbing Anchors (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.36 — 413 ratings — published 1993
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.14 — 11,666 ratings — published 2006
Vertical Mind: Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.96 — 357 ratings — published 2014
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,587 ratings — published 1959
The Rock Climber's Training Manual | A Guide to Continuous Improvement (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.48 — 293 ratings — published 2014
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,108 ratings — published 2009
Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.53 — 1,408 ratings — published 2014
The Beckoning Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,765 ratings — published 2002
Make or Break: Don't Let Climbing Injuries Dictate Your Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.47 — 207 ratings — published 2015
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,504 ratings — published 2019
Espresso Lessons From The Rock Warrior's Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.21 — 291 ratings — published 2009
Conquistadors of the Useless (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,641 ratings — published 1961
How To Climb 5.12 (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.73 — 314 ratings — published 1994
Psychovertical (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.28 — 927 ratings — published 2008
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,868 ratings — published 2003
High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,081 ratings — published 2007
Rock Climbing Technique: The Practical Guide to Movement Mastery (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.43 — 268 ratings — published
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,167 ratings — published 2001
Mastermind: Mental Training for Climbers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.22 — 178 ratings — published
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 6,465 ratings — published 2008
How to Rock Climb! (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.94 — 281 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 — 11,956 ratings — published 2012
Better Bouldering (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.95 — 184 ratings — published 1997
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,164 ratings — published 2010
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,150 ratings — published 2024
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
Climbing Self Rescue: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.23 — 116 ratings — published 2006
The Climbing Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.43 — 241 ratings — published 2018
Conditioning for Climbers: The Complete Exercise Guide (How To Climb Series)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.82 — 195 ratings — published 2008
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.61 — 8,423 ratings — published 2000
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as climbing)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,759 ratings — published 1999
The Tower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.31 — 912 ratings — published 2014
This Game of Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,492 ratings — published 1993
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,150 ratings — published 1980
Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
by (shelved 22 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.02 — 260 ratings — published 2004
Beastmaking: A fingers-first approach to becoming a better climber (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.39 — 418 ratings — published
Crack Climbing: The Definitive Guide (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
by (shelved 21 times as climbing)
avg rating 4.75 — 83 ratings — published
“Mountains are different and unique from anything else you will face in life in that they are the truest, cleanest representative of life’s challenges in physical form. There is no mistaking the end goal, and there is no mistaking who got you there. You have to count on you, and your arrival at the summit is the simplest and most honest achievement for your soul that you can experience.”
― 4000s by 40: Tackling Middle Age in the Mountains of New Hampshire
― 4000s by 40: Tackling Middle Age in the Mountains of New Hampshire
“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.”
― Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers
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.”
― Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers
