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No Shortcuts to the Top

by Ed Viesturs • 2006

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

4.14

11k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders

No Shortcuts to the Top

Eighteen years, fourteen peaks, one rule that kept him alive when faster climbers died.

by Ed Viesturs 2006 368 pages

4.14

11k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs ⛰️ Himalayan Expeditions 🗻 Eight-Thousanders

The Climb

by Anatoli Boukreev • 1997

A blizzard at 8,000 meters: a guide without oxygen searches for missing clients in the dark.

3.99

18k+

🧗 Mountaineering 💵 Commercial Climbing ⛑️ Expedition Disasters

The Climb

A blizzard at 8,000 meters: a guide without oxygen searches for missing clients in the dark.

by Anatoli Boukreev 1997 297 pages

3.99

18k+ ratings

🧗 Mountaineering 💵 Commercial Climbing ⛑️ Expedition Disasters

The Rock Warrior's Way

by Arno Ilgner • 2003

The mind fails before the body on hard climbs. Samurai mental training for the wall.

4.29

2k+

🧗 Rock Climbing 🧠 Sports Psychology 😨 Fear Management

The Rock Warrior's Way

The mind fails before the body on hard climbs. Samurai mental training for the wall.

by Arno Ilgner 2003 176 pages

4.29

2k+ ratings

🧗 Rock Climbing 🧠 Sports Psychology 😨 Fear Management

Left for Dead

by Beck Weathers • 2000

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

3.61

8k+

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs

Left for Dead

Blind, frozen, and left for dead on Everest. He survived to save his marriage.

by Beck Weathers 2000 352 pages

3.61

8k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountaineering Memoirs 💀 Near-Death Experiences ❤️ Marriage Memoirs

Beyond Possible

by Nimsdai Purja • 2020

A soldier’s mission: all fourteen eight-thousanders in six months. The mountains were not consulted.

4.15

5k+

📚 Mountaineering Narratives 🪖 Military Memoir 🧠 Mental Toughness

Beyond Possible

A soldier’s mission: all fourteen eight-thousanders in six months. The mountains were not consulted.

by Nimsdai Purja 2020 320 pages

4.15

5k+ ratings

📚 Mountaineering Narratives 🪖 Military Memoir 🧠 Mental Toughness

9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes

by Dave MacLeod • 2009

What every stuck climber does wrong, and the tactical, mental, and physical fixes that work.

4.06

1k+

🧗 Rock Climbing 🏋️ Sports Training 🗺️ Self-Coaching

9 Out of 10 Climbers Make the Same Mistakes

What every stuck climber does wrong, and the tactical, mental, and physical fixes that work.

by Dave MacLeod 2009 166 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧗 Rock Climbing 🏋️ Sports Training 🗺️ Self-Coaching

A Life on the Edge

by Jim Whittaker • 1999

First American to summit Everest. Then he brought Soviets and Chinese up the same mountain.

4.05

500+

🧗 High-Altitude Climbing 🏔️ Mountain Expeditions 🥇 First Ascents

A Life on the Edge

First American to summit Everest. Then he brought Soviets and Chinese up the same mountain.

by Jim Whittaker 1999 320 pages

4.05

500+ ratings

🧗 High-Altitude Climbing 🏔️ Mountain Expeditions 🥇 First Ascents

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