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Day Walks in Snowdonia showcases 20 circular routes, between 5.5 and 12 miles (9km and 19km) in length, suitable for hill walkers of all abilities. Also included are two of the UK's classic scrambles: The Bochlwyd Horseshoe and The Snowdon Horseshoe. Each route is described with easy-to-follow directions and Ordnance Survey mapping.

In 1982, following the relaxation of access restrictions to Tibet, six climbers set off for the Himalaya to explore the little-known Shishapangma massif in Tibet. Dealing with a chaotic build-up and bureaucratic obstacles so huge they verged on comical, the mountaineers gained access to Shishapangma's unclimbed South-West Face where Doug Scott, Alex MacIntyre and Roger Baxter-Jones made one of the most audacious and stylish Himalayan climbs ev...

SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling

SPORTS & RECREATION / General

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports

Call-out is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the Highlands of Scotland from Hamish MacInnes - Everest pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth century. In the late 1960s, MacInnes led the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team and together they developed innovative techniques and equipment in order to save lives - often risking their own in the process - whether night or day, and always ...

A guide to the traffic-free family and leisure cycling in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire. It explores tourist trails, country parks, forest riding and more.

The Next Horizon, the second volume in Chris Bonington's autobiography after I Chose to Climb, picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer, photographer, journalist and expedition leader alongside eminent climbers including Doug Scott and Don Whillans, throughout an extraordinary decade of adversity, thrill and discovery. The book opens with a journey to Chile to climb the Central Tower of Paine. Boningt...

West Yorkshire Mountain Biking - South Pennine Trails features 23 of the best mountain bike rides in West Yorkshire, between 10.5km and 32km in length, suitable for all levels of mountain bikers. Written by local expert and MTB journalist Benjamin Haworth, each route features clear and easy to use Ordnance Survey 1:50, 000 maps.

Heather Dawe was 17 when she started running. A climber since youth, an obsession with wild places and the mountains was engrained in her DNA. An intensely deep and personal book, Adventures in Mind explores what what it takes to compete in adventure races, the training, sacrifice and mistakes that must be made in order to learn and develop.

Lure of the Mountains is the biography of photographer and 1924 Everest expedition member Bentley Beetham (1886 - 1963). Written by Michael D. Lowes, with a foreword by Graham Ratcliffe, it charts Beetham's life including the 1924 expedition on which Mallory and Irvine disappeared. Features over 30 of Beetham's photographs of Everest and Tibet.

Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de France. Fortunately Rod's issues found their natural home when his native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Depart. Rod also has another passion - as well as cycling he is quite keen on bell-ringing, so why not combine the two?

Winner of the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize. Ron Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix. In this book, he tells his story.

SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography

Alps Mountain Biking is a guide to the western Alps with everything you need to plan a great trip. Written by Samoens guide Steve Mallett, it gives you the local riders' knowledge on trails, and information on accommodation, lifts and travel. Packed with great photography, it will inspire you to explore this huge mountain bike playground.

Inspired by Yorkshire's landscape and history, A Bicycle Ride in Yorkshire is an illustrated guide to the route of Le Tour Yorkshire - the start of the 2014 Tour de France, by cyclist, writer and artist Heather Dawe. It is a guide to riding the route, to the sights along the way and to the rich cycling heritage found on Yorkshire's roads.

SPORTS & RECREATION / Mountaineering

SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling

Mountaineering in the Mont Blanc Range showcases the most beautiful lower grade snow, ice and mixed climbs (F to AD+) in the area. Jean-Louis Laroche and Florence Lelong have selected 36 climbs which are easily accessible from mountain huts, telepheriques and mountain railways. Each route features a description, summary and a sketch map.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports