Book recommendations please
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Hey team, haven’t read many “mountain” or climbing books at all before but I was recommended reading “kiss or kill” by Mark twight recently. I picked it up and read it cover to cover in one full day, really incredibly captivating read and super interesting. I’m looking for recommendations for similar books, anything related to mountaineering or climbing, just really any good material centered around pushing it and adventure. Open to any suggestions at all, thanks! |
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I really loved "Hang Dog Days". Great story. Great characters. Kinda felt like Stand by Me but with climbing. Also, "American Rock" is another great one. The author takes you on a tour of the country's climbing areas and gives you an overview of the style, the history, and some classic stories. |
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Dr. Doom is a character and I'm not sure there's anything out there quite like Kiss or Kill. But here's a list of entertaining mountaineering books. There are plenty more I'm sure. Beyond the Mountain The Calling Above the Clouds Freedom Climbers Touching the Void Buried in the Sky Eiger Dreams Any of Greg Child's books (Thin Air, Postcards from the Ledge) Annapurna The White Spider K2 The Savage Mountain No Picnic on Mount Kenya |
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Lynn Hill's Climb Free |
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Learning to breath Andy cave David Roberts Is good Andy kirkpatrick is good |
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I hate reading, but really enjoyed “No Shortcuts to the Top”. |
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+1 for hangdog days. My wife got it for me. It was really enjoyable, and has some history to it. |
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Extreme Alpinism: climbing light, fast, and high |
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Touching the void is pretty wild! |
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K2 The Savage Mountain is one of my favorite book, did anyone here who planned to climb K2? |
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Slight thread drift here (sorry) but I'm trying to remember the name of a book that I read a review of and wanted to buy and would appreciate the help (and it sounds like a super book as well): It was written by a Brit climber and the review said it was funny and humble but a great recount of climbing in the, I think, '80's and '90's (maybe as early as the '70's). Really want to buy it but cannot find the name anywhere! So that's one you should read (if anyone knows what I'm talking about???). |
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The 15 Tillman books Boardman/tasker No picnic on Mt Kenya Should get you started |
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The Tower by Kelly Cordes The Calling by Barry Blanchard |
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Buck, I thought you were talking about Jerry Moffat's book "Revelations" until you said humble...he was a lot of things but that wasn't one of them. Eithet way, that's another good one. Ghostwritten by Niall Grimes, I remember Grimes had a postscript where he was talking about a mantra that he'd (Grimes) developed while writing the book. While climbing a hard route, Grimes would repeat, "I am Moffat " Good stuff. |
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Sean Sullivanwrote: I don't think that was it. Maybe I dreamt the whole thing??? |
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Psychovertical by Kilpatrick is an outstanding read |
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I liked Feeding the Rat, it's a pretty short book about Mo Anthoine, a British climber. |
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Sixty Meters to Anywhere - Brendan Leonard |
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Into Thin Air A Walk in the Woods (a bit off topic, but still great) I loved The Rock Warrior's Way - anybody want to recommend Espresso Lessons? |
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Challenge of the North Cascades, Fred Beckey Into thin Air or Eiger Dreams, Jon Krakauer Stories off the wall, John Roskelley No shortcuts to the top, Ed Viesturs The Push, Tommy Caldwell Honnold's book isn't amazingly well written but is a cool insight into his head. Touching the void is a classic, but I thought This Game of Ghosts is better (Joe Simpson) A few more will come to me. |
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Some that have not been mentioned that I think have great story telling: Downward Bound Enduring Patagonia Valley Walls Denali's Howl |




