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  • Climbing Fear (CoalCliff Stud, #1)

    by Leisl Leighton

    series CoalCliff Stud #1
    Set against the stirring Victorian Alps, comes a suspenseful novel of recovery and new beginnings from a talented new voice in Australian rural fiction. Perfect for readers of Sarah Barrie and Nora Roberts.His beloved home is under threat and with it the beautiful, haunted woman he's never been able to forget ...X-Treme TV sports star Reid Stratton has everything - until his best friend falls to ... Read more

    € 12,96

  • Fall of the Phantom Lord

    Climbing and the Face of Fear

    by Andrew Todhunter

    In 1989, while attempting a new route on a difficult overhanging rock face, climber Dan Osman fell. Again and again, protected by the rope, he fell. He decided then that it would not be in climbing but in falling that he would embrace his fear--bathe in it, as he says, and move beyond it.A captivating exploration of the daredevil world of rock climbing, as well as a thoughtful meditation on the ... Read more

    € 9,80

  • No Shortcuts to the Top

    Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

    by Ed Viesturs and 1 more

    This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would ... Read more

    € 10,34

  • Winter 8000

    Climbing the world's highest mountains in the coldest season

    by Bernadette McDonald

    ‘He appeared, without a word, in the tent’s entrance, covered in ice. He looked like anyone would after spending over twenty-four hours in a hurricane at over 8,000 metres. In winter. In the Karakoram. He was so exhausted he couldn’t speak.’Of all the games mountaineers play on the world’s high mountains, the hardest – and cruellest – is climbing the fourteen peaks over 8,000 metres in the bitter ... Read more

    € 12,09

  • High Drama

    The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of American Competition Climbing

    by John Burgman and 1 more

    One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable ... Read more

    € 11,54 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 7 Summits

    1 Cornishman climbing the highest mountains on each continent

    by Ed Buckingham

    Most of us can watch an old episode of the holiday programme Wish You Were Here without it having the life-changing effect that it had on postman Edward Buckingham. For Ed, a young man from humble origins in Cornwall, the draw of Kilimanjaro and the high mountains of the world would change his life forever. It would also very nearly end his life during a fall from high on Cho Oyu, the sixth ... Read more

    € 4,35

  • Vantage Point

    50 Years of the Best Climbing Stories Ever Told

    by The Editors of Climbing Magazine

    For nearly 50 years, Climbing Magazine’s goal has been to inspire and entertain with compelling coverage of climbing in all its forms, from bouldering to the big walls, trad rock to sport climbing, ice climbing to mountaineering. Vantage Point offers a collection of the most inspiring, thought-provoking, and humorous stories featured in Climbing over the past five decades—an anthology that will ... Read more

    € 13,40

  • Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss

    Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing

    by David Smart

    Shortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain LiteratureShortlisted for the 2019 Boardman Tasker AwardAn intriguing biography of the renowned Austrian alpinist Paul Preuss, who achieved international recognition both for his remarkable solo ascents and for his advocacy of an ethically "pure" alpinism (meaning without any artificial aids).In the months before his death in 1913, ... Read more

    € 10,78

  • Everest the Cruel Way

    Climbing Mount Everest at its hardest: the 1980 winter attempt on the infamous west ridge

    by Joe Tasker

    On 30 January 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible. Everest the Cruel Way is Joe Tasker's story of an attempt to climb the highest mountain on earth - an attempt which pushed a group of Britain's finest ... Read more

    € 8,71

  • Rock Climbing, 2nd Edition

    Mastering Basic Skills

    by Craig Luebben and 1 more

    • Approximately 35 new techniques, safety considerations, and subjects• National Outdoor Book Award winner in first edition• First edition of this popular title has sold 50,000 copiesThousands of rock climbers have learned the sport using Craig Luebben’s seminal and bestselling text, Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills. Now Craig’s friend and fellow climber Topher Donahue brings the content up ... Read more

    € 15,36

  • Climbing Jacob's Ladder

    One Man's Journey to Rediscover a Jewish Spiritual Tradition

    by Alan Morinis

    Jewish by birth, though from a secular family, Alan Morinis explored Hinduism and Buddhism as a young man. But in 1997, in the face of personal crisis, he turned to his Jewish heritage for guidance. In his reading he happened upon a Jewish spiritual tradition called Mussar. Gradually he realized that he had stumbled upon an insightful discipline for self-development, complete with meditative, ... Read more

    € 11,43

  • Training for Climbing

    The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Performance

    by Eric Horst

    series How To Climb Series
    Increase your strength, power, skill, and focus to maximize your climbing performance.Praise for Training for Climbing“Training for Climbing is a great resource. Whether you’re just starting out or already ticking 5.13, you’ll find valuable information here to help you climb harder. This is the most complete and up-to-date training guide available.”—Rock and Ice magazineDrawing on the latest ... Read more

    € 20,37