Mountaineering Books

Mountain Men
Mick Conefrey, Tim Jordan
Incredible stories of the greatest, and most infamous, mountaineers in history. The history of mountaineering is full of tales of bravery and heroism, staggering feats of will power and determination. But it also has its darker side, a world populated by misfits and eccentrics, playboy princes and Satanists, charlatans and rogues.

Storms of Silence
Joe Simpson
A moving account of the author's maverick life as a mountaineer. Behind these tales of adventure lies a brooding disquiet as he struggles to come to terms with the grinding poverty and violence lurking so close to the surface of life everywhere that he travels.
PaperBack | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0099578115

Dark Shadows Falling
Joe Simpson
In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s.
PaperBack | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0099756110

Mountaineering
Don Graydon, Kurt Hanson
Written for both beginners and advanced climbers, this completely revised and updated edition reflects current techniques and new and improved equipment. The book's four sections cover climbing and outdoor fundamentals; rock, snow, ice and alpine climbing; emergency prevention and response; and the mountain environment. Included are expanded treatments of belaying, leading and protecting on rock...

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