 | My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks by Jerzy Kukuczka
Buy used from: £115.05 The possibly the greatest Mountaineer. Could endure such suffering on his routes.
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 | Creagh Dhu Climber: The Life and Times of John Cunningham by Jeff Connor
Buy new: £14.50 / Used from: £8.40 Great Scottish climber
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 | Vertical Pleasure: Early Climbs in Britain, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalaya by Mick Fowler
Buy new: £14.77 A mountaineering legend in the making, if not already
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 | Everest - Alone at the Summit by Stephen Venables
Buy used from: £3.95 An excellent book - Venables weaves a compelling narrative
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 | Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray
Buy new: £8.49 / Used from: £8.48 This book details the life of the great French mountaineer and guide, Lionel Terray.
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 | Starlight and Storm (Exploration) by Gaston Rebuffat
Buy used from: £50.77 Legendary Alpine guide, Rebuffat, tells of his ascent of the treacherous north faces of six of Europe's geatest peaks
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 | The White Spider: The story of the North Face of the Eiger by Heinrich Harrer
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £4.17 The best book about the North Wall of the Eiger
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 | Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-metre Peak by Maurice Herzog
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £2.82 An all time classic about the first 8000m mountain to be climbed
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 | The Mountains of My Life (Modern Library) by Walter Bonatti
Buy used from: £233.36 A legend who writes about the most audacious and awe-inspiring alpine adventures.
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 | Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Tenzing Norgay by Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Buy new: £6.71 / Used from: £0.01 A book of adventure, wisdom and spiritual enlightenment - fantastic read.
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 | The View from the Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary
Buy used from: £0.01 Great book about Sir Edmund Hillary
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 | Minus 148 Degrees: First Winter Ascent of Mt.McKinley by Art Davidson
Buy new: £8.86 / Used from: £4.38 Alaska at it's coldest. Great story about survival
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 | Tigers of the Snow: Sherpa Climbers by Jonathan Neale
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 The book describes the decisive moment in the transformation of 'coolies' (porters and labourers) into the Sherpas as climbing legends
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 | Learning to Breathe by Andy Cave
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.66 From Miner to mountaineer. written wonderfully well
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 | Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Buy new: £5.84 / Used from: £0.01 I couldn't leave it out - his best book by a mile. Film wasn't bad either.
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 | High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington by Jim Curran
Buy new: £9.49 / Used from: £0.35 High Achiever tells the story of one of the most influential characters in British climbing, Chris Bonnington
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