Mountaineering

A dramatic collection of photographs revealing the world’s most beautiful climbing locations, from Tsaranoro in Madagascar and Teplicke in the Czech Republic to Mount Huashan in China. The popularity of rock climbing is burgeoning across the globe, with...

Full English guide to limestone coastal climbing routes between Porto Venere and Cinque Terre on the Italian Coast known as Muzzerone. With grades ranging from 4+ to 8b, both single pitch and multi pitch climbing, there are routes here for everyone. A...

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 del...

A climbing guide describing the wealth of Granite climbing to be found along and around the Italian border with Switzerland. This is volume 1 which covers Val del Masino and del Disgrazia. Italian text. Colour photo topos and drawn graded topos. ...

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 9781952271144Author James N. MaplesFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint West Virginia University PressPublisher West Virginia University PressWeight(grams)...

Rock climbing is probably the last thing that comes to mind when most people hear the word 'Palestine'. But rock climbing turns out to be an incredible medium through which to explore this beautiful, troubled land. Climbing Palestine is the first...

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) 748g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926455600Author Susanna PfistererFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint NeWest PressPublisher NeWest PressWeight(grams) 642g

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 9781877578489Author Brian WilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University PressWeight(grams) 504g

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

Dick Isherwood learnt his craft in the 1960s in the competitive melee of the Cambridge University Mountaineering Club. His enthusiasm meant he took every opportunity to gain more experience on steep rock - dry, grotty or wet - but by 1964 he was already...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628420210Author Christine WoodsideFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Appalachian Mountain Club BooksPublisher Appalachian Mountain Club...

Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering disasters and near-disasters in history. Exhaustively researched by two of the most respected authorities on mountaineering history, the book is structured in a unique way: Longer...

Descriptions for nearly 500 routes in the Southern California area.Book InformationISBN 9781575400297Author Randy VogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Falcon GuidesPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm

This updated edition of Rock Climbing Washington features more than 1,500 routes throughout the state of Washington. Explore the granite cliffs of Index, Leavenworth, Darrington, and Tieton River Canyon; tackle the exposed alpine routes on the spires at...

The birthplace of American rock climbing, Colorado provides a greater variety of rock and routes than any other state-and Rock Climbing Colorado is the only guidebook available to all its major climbing areas. This updated edition includes hundreds of...

Each World Sport book reveals an ideal location for learning a particular technique essential for mastering the sport, from trimming a surfboard along a wave in Windansea, California, to sailing the Whitsundays, Australia. Opening with perfect beginner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957173200Author Richard SaleFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Snowfinch PublishingPublisher Snowfinch PublishingWeight(grams) 1300g

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...