Rock Climbing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060953614Author Lene GammelgaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 200g

At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into Grimethorpe pit.But at weekends Andy escaped from the...

Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya - the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world's...

Mountaineering in the Mont Blanc Range showcases the most beautiful lower grade snow, ice and mixed climbs (F to AD+) in the seemingly inexhaustible Mont Blanc Range. The routes described in this book should be within the capabilities of almost all...

Freedom Climbers is the multi award-winning book by Bernadette McDonald, now available in the UK and Ireland thanks to Vertebrate Publishing. Freedom Climbers tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792305030Author Steve BechtelFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Climb StrongPublisher Climb StrongWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

'The brain is the most important muscle for climbing.' - Wolfgang GullichMastermind by climbing legend Jerry Moffatt is a guide to mental training for climbers. Drawing on his own personal experiences from an international climbing career spanning three...

In 1959, sixteen-year-old Ian 'Spike' Sykes left school and, after a short period of work at Leeds University, joined the RAF. Already a keen climber, he signed up on the promise of excitement and adventure and was posted to the remote RAF Kinloss...

One of National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time", this is the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley. The new edition includes a revised preface, new prologue and new afterword describing more recent...

In 2015, climber and documentary maker Joe French was about to fulfil a dream of a lifetime - to climb Everest and film it. Then tragedy struck and Joe found himself at the epicentre of an earthquake which killed nearly 9,000 people. Only a few years...

Messner describes with clarity and passion his journey through Tibet. He identifies with legendary mountaineers who have been before him - Mallory, Irvine and Wilson come to life as he makes his ascent to the roof of the world.About the AuthorAn Italian...

This is the companion to Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain the bestselling avalanche text in the U.S - with easy-to-understand safety tips and checklists to help anyone stay safer in avalanche terrain. It is a small, take-along resource to reference in...

This is the only guidebook to document Irish Climbing in a single volume. It focuses on the best routes at the best crags and includes areas and routes that have never been documented in a modern guidebook before.Very detailed directions and maps make it...

Climbing your first mountain might feel like a daunting challenge, but with this book you can make it happen. Perhaps all you've managed so far is a walk to the park or a bimble around the local countryside but now have aspirations to go further and...

Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps presents a selection of classic routes in the main Swiss climbing areas that have forged Switzerland's reputation as a mountaineering paradise. Featured are over thirty climbs, ranging from relatively easy normal routes...

Praise for the man and book from Leo Houlding..."Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980's redefined the standards of difficulty and danger in traditional climbing. Introducing the world to the...

'If I could choose a place to die, it would be in the mountains.'Clouds from Both Sides is the autobiography of Julie Tullis, the first British woman to climb an 8,000-metre peak - Broad Peak - and the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899559965Author Julie EllisonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

This is the only guide that covers all the climbs on the Isle of Portland and at Lulworth Cove. Whether it's a sport climb, a trad route, a deep water solo, or a boulder problem, you'll find it here. The bulk of the guide covers sport climbing, and...

This is a superb, new edition, full-colour guide to the finest winter climbs in Scotland. The second edition of this indispensible guidebook to winter climbing has been fully updated and expanded to detail over 900 of the finest winter climbs in...

The information is presented in the full colour Rockfax photo-topo style and includes cruicial advice on when and how to tackle the deep water solos. The guidebook is enticingly illustrated with many stunning photographs, the majority taken by the author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680515374Author Geoff PowterFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

They define landscapes, people risk their lives to climb them, and they can even make their own weather. Mountains often serve as geographic features that determine natural borders of countries. Their height can influence weather patterns, stalling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771601092Author Bernadette McDonaldFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain BooksWeight(grams) 666g

Surrounded by low hills with volcanic and sandstone outcrops, Glasgow gives the boulderer an excellent choice of blocs, perfect for a summer's evening session or escape to solitude on a day off. Including the classic collection of problems at Dumbarton...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorMARK TWIGHT is one of America's leading alpinists. His gripping accounts have been published around the world and translated into five languages. He is also the...

Many of us who participate in adventure sports have wondered: "What if the worst really happened? What if everything I have held so dear were to be taken away in the blink of an eye: my way of living, my job, my social life ... everything!?" An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913167028Author Steve BroadbentFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Oxford Alpine ClubPublisher Oxford Alpine Club

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649222268Author Aaron LinsdauFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Sastrugi PressPublisher Sastrugi PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

792 pages! Finale is a magic and incomparable area: wild, harsh and with outstanding scenery. These white limestone crags that emerge from the luxuriant and bright green vegetation are unique in the whole western region of Liguria. Finale is an area to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916367432Format PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Delfryn PublicationsPublisher Delfryn PublicationsWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 22mm

Adam Ondra is the greatest climber of all time. Pietro Dal Pra was with him on his first routes on rock as a Guide, and as a friend followed his evolution as an athlete. To this day he participates in Adam's leaps beyond the imaginable. It is not easy to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950864768Author Brigitte Ngo-TrinhFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint HowexpertPublisher Howexpert

From the Wetterhorn in 1854 to the Matterhorn in 1865 - from triumph to tragedy - the Alps were conquered in a decade. It was what Reverend W.A.B. Coolidge called the 'golden age of alpinism,' the era of the first great guides (Christian Almer, Melchoir...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910758144Format HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Sigma PressPublisher Sigma PressDimensions(mm) 170mm * 111mm * 20mm

A Lovat Scout, Syd was a true man of the hills and an 'inveterate scribbler'. Despite losing his sight and one leg a fortnight before the end of the Second World War, he returned to the Scottish mountains with companions and summited over 600 hills well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788412396003Author Juan MarbarroFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Climbing LettersPublisher Climbing LettersWeight(grams) 129g

This is theengrossing story of the seasons the author spent climbing 4000m mountains inthe different regions of the Alps. It is also about the people with whom heclimbed who found time out of their day-to-day routine for this extraordinaryactivity. He...

Steve Backshall's love affair with the mountains has taken him to some of the world's wildest places, environments that have the power to make a human being feel very small, very vulnerable and very alive. MOUNTAIN: A LIFE OF THE ROCKS is an account of...

From the age of thirteen when she began climbing, it was clear Lynn Hill had an unusual gift. Before long she was arguably the best rock climber in the world, establishing routes so bold and difficult that few others could follow. And in 1994, Lynn...