Mountaineering

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907521662Author Ken CrocketFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Scottish Mountaineering TrustPublisher Scottish Mountaineering Trust

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948153495Author Johanna MerzFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Ernest PressPublisher Ernest Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906227336Author A.T. BattagelFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint West Col ProductionsPublisher West Col Productions

The annual Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club has maintained a continuous record of mountain activities in Scotland since 1890 - 116 years of unbroken publication. The 2007 Journal includes amongst its articles: The Last of the Grand Old Masters...

The Alpine Journal is the world''s principal mountaineering yearbook and essential reading for all who lo ve the mountains, in particular those who climb in the Alps and Greater Ranges. It includes articles, expedition reports , obituaries, and more...

Named One of the Top Five Reads for the Summer by Backpacker magazine, a riveting high-altitude drama for readers of Into Thin Air.Master of Thin Air opens with a fall down a three-thousand-foot drop that very nearly killed author Andrew Lock. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780907521631Author Crockett/Format PaperbackImprint Scottish Mountaineering TrustPublisher Scottish Mountaineering Trust

Third edition of the rock climbing guidebook to Valsesia, north west Italy. Italian language throughout with colour photographs and drawn & photo topos. Areas covered are:- * Alagna * Val Grande - Alta Valsesia * Val Sermenza * Varallo e Valmastallone *...

The Gran Sasso in central Italy is home to arguably the country's best known limestone bouldering area. This guidebook is the result of a decade of development on fantastic rock in the unspoiled setting of the national park. Six areas are described all...

54 routes throughout the Garda Trentino area of northen Italy - Monte Baldo, Monte Velo, Monte Tremalzo, Valle dei Laghi, Val di Ledro, Vallagarina, Val di Gresta. The area of Upper Garda, already a well known destination amongst many European mountain...

Italian language rock climbing guidebook centred on the Bregaglia and Chiavenna valleys in northern Italy and south east Switzerland. Big alpine rock routes, including Piz Badile. See also Volume 1 from the same publisher. Areas covered are:- * Val...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788896634462Author Mangili & QuagliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Versante Sud S.R.LPublisher Versante Sud S.R.L

Lario Rock Falesie is the definitive guidebook covering all the sport climbing around Lecco and Como. It includes the Grigne Massif, Resegone, Valsassina, crags of Lecco, Upper Eastern Lario, Triangolo Lariano, and the western shore of the Lake. This...

The first boulder guidebook of the whole Trentino region, presenting the most renowned areas, as well as many small paradises, still unknown to the majority of climbers. A collection promoting local bouldering and the whole territory of Trentino, a...

The Lario Rock Pareti is the definitive guidebook that covers the long multi-pitch rock climbing routes around Lecco on the shore of Lake Como. The multi-pitch routes covered are either fully trad or a mixture of trad with some bolts and therefore have a...

A new guide, similar in style to the Val Di Mello guide from last year, to the bouldering 'mecca' of The Daone Valley situated in the stunning alpine area of Trentino in Italy. There are currently seven main bouldering areas and as they are situated in a...

Another new guide to this hugely popular area (there's another 2 volumes to follow!) written by local expert Jacky Godoffe. The guide describes over 5000 problems from 6a to 8c - it features full colour photo-topos, clear, well drawn overview maps plus...

This new edition of this popular guide describes over 200 routes (over 5,000 pitches) of fantastic climbing on this most iconic of mountains... the Marmolada in the Italian Doloimites. Each route has a detailed description as well as a photo-topo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933056234Author American Alpine ClubFormat PaperbackPage Count 399Imprint American Alpine ClubPublisher American Alpine ClubWeight(grams)...

The articles in the 2015 SMC Journal contain a blend of excitement and reflection. Julian Lines takes us on a witty deep water soloing course; Guy Robertson is on Beinn Eighe in winter; Graham Little goes climbing in the Balkans and Andy Nisbet has...

As usual the 2014 SMC Journal is packed with a wide variety of articles relating to Scottish mountaineering. There are tales of epic walking and climbing adventures in both summer and winter, as well as more informative articles ranging from wildcats to...

Another cold winter in 2010/2011 led to much new route activity across the Highlands. The lead article is an account of the first ascent of Stone Temple Pilots on Shelter Stone Crag - one of the most impressive of the new climbs done last winter season...

The cold conditions last winter were exceptional and a bumper crop of new routes were put up across Scotland. These are fully described in the New Climbs section. There is also an account of a repeat of the Scottish Haute Route on skis from west to east...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913167165Author Geoff HornbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Oxford Alpine ClubPublisher Oxford Alpine Club

Fanny Bullock Workman was a complicated and restless woman who defied the rigid Victorian morals she found as restrictive as a corset. With her frizzy brown hair tucked under a helmet, Workman was a force on and off the mountain. Instrumental in breaking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771602006Author Andrew NugaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

The Alpine Journal is the oldest mountaineering periodical in the world, created as a record of mountain exploration and culture, and its 153rd publication celebrates some of the outstanding ascents of 2015. Two of Britain's best younger alpinists, Will...

This, the 152nd publication of the Alpine Journal, takes you on a selection of significant first ascents of 2014, from Antarctica to Greenland, Europe to High Asia; on adventures in rock climbing, mountaineering and exploration of the high mountains of...

Ground Up has joined forces in 2010 with Peak District climbing stalwart, Mark 'Zippy' Pretty to produce a rock climbing supplement: "Recent Developments on Peak Limestone". Activity on the Peak limestone crags continues apace, with numerous new routes...

This is the 114th volume of the world's oldest and most prestigious mountaineering publication - the "Alpine Journal". Features include expedition accounts by UK mountaineers Mick Fowler, Simon Yates, and Andy Parkin. A special section is devoted to all...

Recording 'mountain adventure' is the primary raison d'etre of the "Alpine Journal" and this 113th volume has it in abundance. A bolt of lightening stuns climbers on a new route in the Cordillera Huayhuash; Kenton Kool and Nick Bullock struggle on the...

This is the mountaineering yearbook, including feature articles, expedition reports, book reviews, obituaries, arts, history and science.Richly illustrated, the "Alpine Journal" is the world's principal mountaineering yearbook and essential reading for...

A novel by Roger Hubank, set among the hills and crags of the Peak District.Book InformationISBN 9780948153754Author Hubank RogerFormat PaperbackPage Count 269Imprint Ernest PressPublisher Ernest Press

The Alpine Journal is the world''s principal mountaineering yearbook and essential reading for all who love the mountains, in particular those who climb in the Alps and Greater Ranges. It includes articles, expedition reports, obituaries, and more'Book...

From his youthful second ascent of the north ridge of Mount Kennedy in the Yukon’s Saint Elias Range, an in-and-out on skis for which he had not entirely learned how to ski, to a recent excursion across the Harding Icefield conceived under the influence...

From his youthful second ascent of the north ridge of Mount Kennedy in the Yukon’s Saint Elias Range, an in-and-out on skis for which he had not entirely learned how to ski, to a recent excursion across the Harding Icefield conceived under the influence...

2013 sees the 150th anniversary of the Alpine Journal, the oldest mountaineering journal in the world. It was created as a record of mountain exploration and has held to that tradition down the years. This 117th volume showcases first ascents from Alaska...

The prestigious Alpine Journal is the oldest mountaineering journal in the world. This 116th volume features some of the boldest exploratory alpinism of the last year or so. An international cast including Mick Fowler, Pat Deavoll (NZ), Freddie Wilkinson...

"Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its own particular charm. One is constantly searching for something never to be found." - Hermann Buhl Hermann Buhl -...

Few things suggest rugged individualism as powerfully as the solitary mountaineer testing his or her mettle in the rough country. Yet the long history of wilderness sport complicates this image. In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue...