Rock Climbing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902512112Author Alan HankinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Mara BooksPublisher Mara Books

Lake District Winter Climbs is a joint production by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club and Cicerone Press. It is the definitive guide to winter climbing in the Lake District; every known winter climb from every part of the Lake District is described -...

At age six, Sasha DiGiulian stepped into a climbing gym for the first time and was competing within a year. Decked out in all-pink gear and with her blonde hair tied into pigtails, Sasha knew from an early age what is was like to be a girl in a...

WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 1997Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs.Pritchard...

This Scottish Mountaineering Club definitive climbers' guidebook details all the rock and winter climbing to be found on the beautiful and remote-feeling islands of the Inner Hebrides and Arran, off the west coast of Scotland. This is the only fully...

This Scottish Mountaineering Club definitive climbers' guidebook is the first volume of the long-awaited update to the popular Highland Outcrops guidebook. Highland Outcrops South covers crags south of Inverness and the Great Glen, including outcrops...

The first in a series of selective guidebooks, "France: Haute Provence" presents many of the finest sport climbing destinations in the world together in one clear and colourful book. Covering all the best areas from the magnificent walls of Ceuse in the...

"Who's Who in British Climbing" contains nearly 700 mini biographies of climbers - the romantics, eccentrics and buffoons that have made British Climbing what it is: dissolute and hungover most of the time, with the odd unexpected burst of brilliance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913167066Author Steve BroadbentFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Oxford Alpine ClubPublisher Oxford Alpine ClubWeight(grams) 196g

Covering not only the classic winter climbing venues of Glen Coe and Ben Nevis, but spanning from the Southern Uplands all the way to the rugged hinterland of Knoydart and Glen Shiel beyond, Scottish Winter Climbs West is a grand tour of the best winter...

Ice climbing continues to grow more popular every year. Advances in equipment and technique have helped make the sport accessible to a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts. How to Ice Climb! is the most complete and up-to-date reference available on the...

Mountaineering in the Ecrins Massif showcases the Ecrins' most beautiful summits through a selection of the area's best lower grade snow, rock and mixed climbs.Authors Frederic Chevaillot, Paul Grobel and Jean-Rene Minelli have chosen 25 classic Ecrins...

The first ascent of the Matterhorn in July 1865 is one of the key events in the history of mountaineering. It was the climax of five years' struggle by the English mountaineer Edward Whymper in competition with Jean Antonie-Carrel, the Italian mountain...

Selected Climbs: Mont Blanc & the Aiguilles Rouges presents the best rock climbs in the Mont Blanc range and on the Aiguilles Rouges, from F4 to F6a+. The selection is based on purely hedonistic criteria, including the beauty of the cliff, the variety of...

Glacier Mountaineering provides the knowledge and skills needed to safely and self-sufficiently navigate over glacier terrain. Hundreds of hilarious and helpful illustrations by Mike Clelland complement the clear and concise text by Andy Tyson. ...

In the 1960's, California's Yosemite Valley was the centre of the rock-climbing universe. Young nonconformists -- many of them the finest rock climbers in the world -- channelled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Soon climbers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680516586Author David Chaundy-SmartFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers Books

Scrambling is a hands-on sport and without the stop-start of rock climbing, the joy of it can be appreciated more freely. Here, Alan Tees guides mountaineers to exhilarating scrambles in some of the most beautiful parts of the country. All abilities are...

"Winter Climbing+" is the third in the critically acclaimed series of instructional books from Rockfax. Written by two of the UK's most respected winter climbers, "Winter Climbing+" takes a positive approach to the climbing discipline that has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913167158Author Lina ArthurFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Oxford Alpine ClubPublisher Oxford Alpine Club

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375755064Author Gaston RebuffatFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

The cliffs along the sunny Cote d'Azur and the area just inland offer some of the best sport climbing found anywhere. The most famous venue is the magnificent Verdon Gorge with it walls of perfect limestone but this is only one of many great crags in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913167134Author Steve BroadbentFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Oxford Alpine ClubPublisher Oxford Alpine Club

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788885475854Format PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Versante Sud S.R.LPublisher Versante Sud S.R.LWeight(grams) 750g

Thirteen full moons, thirteen special nights on Scotland's highest mountains, the Munros, in the course of one exceptional year of full moons. Add a soundtrack for each walk and a surprising range of celebratory drinks and you have a fitting finale to...

The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star's lifestyle with a career at the cutting edge of world mountaineering,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780435017057Author Joe SimpsonFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 188mm *...

The bestselling climbing guide to the regions of Asturias, Leon and Cantabria in north-west-Spain.Book InformationISBN 9780992887469Author Richie PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Roca VerdePublisher Roca Verde

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912748020Author Mark HorrellFormat PaperbackImprint Mountain Footsteps PressPublisher Mountain Footsteps Press

The early climbing years of Britain's greatest living mountaineer, from his schooldays to his ascent of the Eiger in 1962.I CHOSE TO CLIMB, first published in 1966, was Chris Bonington's first book. He was recognised then, as now, as one of the...

An intense and emotional epistolary memoir by one of the world's top ice climbers, born at the confluence of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. As one of the world's leading female professional rock and ice climbers, Burhardt and her husband...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993413087Author Mark HorrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Mountain Footsteps PressPublisher Mountain Footsteps PressDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland is a celebration of climbing in Scotland's wild places, compiled by Guy Robertson and Adrian Crofton. Featuring contributions from many of Scottish mountaineering's great writers and climbers, and beautifully...

Climbers who court danger in the world's highest places risk far more than just their own skins. When tragedy strikes, what happens to the people who love them? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude climber? What is life like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorCOLBY COOMBS is a chief mountaineering guide with Alaska-Denali Guiding, Inc.Book InformationISBN 9780898865165Author Colby CoombsFormat PaperbackPage Count...

A Path of Shadows is writer and mountaineer John Porter's first poetry collection. Exploring the natural world, family ties and physical science as well his climbing life, A Path of Shadows is a reflection of Porter's sharp and broad intellect, and...

A Passion for Mountains presents a compilation of stories written by members of the British Mountain Guides. Documenting both personal climbing and mountaineering adventures as well as those shared with clients, the stories in this book represent the...

* A collection of vivid, intimate essays and prose poetry on the universal themes of life, love, friendship, personal empowerment, and more, told through a career in climbing * 40 percent of these pieces debut here for the first time * Davis has been...

The third book in the "Rockfax France" series covers the extensive and fertile climbing area west of the author's previous guide to Haute Provence. The areas covered largely surround the beautiful Parc National des Cevennes, but also includes crags that...