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 Big Wall Climbing
“What a relief to see a mountaineering history book by an active climber! Doug Scott’s big wall climbing has taken him to the Alps, Baffin Island, the Hindu Kush, Everest and Yosemite. This considerable cosmopolitan energy has been channelled into an enormous project: the world history of big wall climbing..." |
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On Ice
"On Ice" is a solid hour of high-quality video. From its opening footage in Alberta, Canada, to Colorado’s Ouray Ice park to Torre Egger, Patagonia, "On Ice" shows today’s best ice aficionados in their element... |
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At the Rising of the Moon
"At the Boardman – Tasker Award ceremony, Somers said, 'My stories may be about climbing, but they are really about relationships'. In fact, they are more focused than that. They are about integrity. Again and again they raise the question, Was it worth it?" |
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Pushing the Limits
"Pushing the Limits is highly recommended for anyone interested in the evolution of North America climbing. (...) Scott somehow keeps the thousands of stories, mini-biographies, and photos together with his narrative, based in extensive, original research..." |
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This Game of Ghosts
"The book is not so much about why we climb - Simpson can't answer that for himself, much less the rest of us - but why we take such risks for such fleeting rewards. Simpson's friends and acquaintances drop one by one throughout the book, each time making Simpson wonder why. The death toll includes not just his friends but his heroes too. Nobody seems immune..." |
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Spirit of the Age
"Once upon a time a new generation of climbers saw that it had stumbled into the Paradise. On every side there were boulders, crags, spires, domes and walls, mostly untouched. There was even the World's best cliff, a solid square mile of rock and closer to the road than Dinas Cromlech. The sun hardly ever stopped shining. This was in California in the '50s..." |
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Climbing in North America
"The mountaineering library will now not be complete without Climbing in North America, and as a link between more detailed local histories and more specific books on more specific climbs it is a good tool..." |
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Himalaya Alpine Style
"Here's a book that describes the Himalayan climbs that matter to climbers - not necessarily the climbs that have made the participants into the household heroes, but the ones that remain benchmark in the evolution of alpine climbing..." |
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Mixed Emotions
"Mixed Emotions is the follow-up to Greg Child's autobiographical Thin Air (...) Greg Child is undoubtedly one of the most gifted climbing writers in the World today with a vivid and compelling prose style that frequently had me on the edge of my mountaineer's armchair..." |
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The Great Days
"The Great Days is an account, a running history, not an insightful reflection, into the experience of climbing. (…) It's not a great book, but we read on because it is an entirely convincing chronicle of one man's love, strength and courage..." |
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Voices from the Summit
“Have you ever wanted to sit down with David Breashears, Lynn Hill, or Ricardo Cassin and ask them what they thought about climbing’s current state of affairs? Or maybe try to gain some insight into their passion and drive? If your answer is “yes” then Voices from the Summit is what you’ve been looking for..." |
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