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Robert Mads Anderson is an elite mountaineer with a solitary goal: to conquer Everest. Nine Lives traces the story of Everest, from the big, nationally supported expeditions of the 1980s, through the small teams forging new routes and climbing solo, to the commercially guided expeditions of today.

West Highland Way Guidemap from Vertebrate Publishing is a lightweight, waterproof, durable and easy-to-use folding map with 1:40, 000-scale mapping for the south to north WHW route. Includes route variations, an elevation profile and route planner, safety advice, terrain information and accommodation directory, and a GPX file download.

Hadrian's Wall Path Guidemap from Vertebrate Publishing is a lightweight, waterproof, durable and easy-to-use folding map with 1:40, 000-scale mapping for the east to west HWP route. Includes route variations, an elevation profile and route planner, safety advice, terrain information and accommodation directory, and a GPX file download.

Here is a list.It contains 100 climbing and mountaineering books.Some are brilliant, some are not.Some have won awards, some of them should have.Some of them are only a year or two old, some were written over 100 years ago.One of these books might make your top five, one of them might be the worst climbing book you've ever read - if you even finished it.Most of the big names are here - Harrer, Simpson, McDonald, Roberts, Krakauer, Bonatti, Kir...

The South Downs Way Guidemap from Vertebrate Publishing is a lightweight, waterproof, durable and easy-to-use folding map with 1:40, 000-scale mapping for the linear SDW route. Includes an elevation profile and route planner, safety advice, terrain information and accommodation directory, and a GPX file download.

Popcorn-Eating Squirrels Go Nuts with the Dinosaurs - the sequel to Popcorn-Eating Squirrels of the World Unite! and Popcorn-Eating Squirrels Go Nuts on Everest by bestselling children's author Matt Dickinson - is an epic time-travel adventure. Can the squirrels avoid ravenous Velociraptors and a deadly asteroid and get home safely?

On 25 January 2018, Elisabeth Revol and her climbing partner Tomasz Mackiewicz summited Nanga Parbat, the killer mountain. But their euphoria was short-lived as Tomek was struck by blindness. To Live is Elisabeth's account of this tragedy and the ensuing rescue operation, and is a poignant tribute to her friend and climbing partner.

The hills bring into focus just how much we love being with dogs.' In Never Leave the Dog Behind, award-winning writer Helen Mort explores the relationship between dogs, mountains and the people who love them. She meets search and rescue dogs, interviews climbers, and tells her own transformative story of falling in love with a whippet named Bell.

Day Walks in Fort William & Glen Coe by Helen and Paul Webster features 20 routes suitable for hillwalkers of all abilities. Together with stunning photography, each route features Ordnance Survey 1:25, 000 maps, easy-to-follow directions, distance and navigation information, refreshment stops and local information.

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Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, this book is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget.

For Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke, long-time friends and expedition partners, few mountains were more alluring than Sepu Kangri. Known locally as 'the Great White Snow God', Tibet's nearly 7, 000-metre mountain had never before been visited by Westerners. Armed only with a tourist map for reference, the two set off for this elusive peak in 1996.In the reconnaissance and two expeditions that followed, neither of them were expecting to be p...

It was Kongur that dominated everything, and was the focus of our gaze and aspirations.'So thought Chris Bonington upon the Chinese Mountaineering Association's decision to open many of Tibet and China's mountains to foreigners in the 1980s. Not only did this mean that Kongur, China's 7, 719-metre peak, was available to climb, but that those choosing to do so would be among the first to set foot there. It was an opportunity too good to miss.Fo...

The Tour du Mont Blanc Guidemap from Vertebrate Publishing is a lightweight, waterproof, durable and easy-to-use folding map with 1:40, 000-scale mapping for the anticlockwise TMB route. Includes route variations, an elevation profile and route planner, safety advice, terrain information and accommodation directory, and a GPX file download.

Peak District Gritstone by Graham Hoey is a comprehensive guide to over 2, 000 Peak grit trad trad routes graded from Mod to E10. Each crag features detailed information and superb action photography. With over 400 colour photo topos, plus maps. A detailed introduction includes everything you need to plan a visit.

The Evidence of Things Not Seen is the autobiography of remarkable mountaineer, writer and environmentalist W.H. Murray. After being introduced to climbing in his early twenties, Murray's relationship with the outdoors was shaped as much by his time on the mountains as away from them. His early Scottish climbs were brought to a halt by the Second World War, which saw him spend three years as a Nazi prisoner of war. These years were devoted to ...

Complete guide to every beach and cove around the Welsh coastline, focusing on 500 named beaches. With colour photos throughout, this guide also includes information on access and parking, facilities and seasonal restrictions and beach safety and wildlife hazards.

Includes 20 new circular routes of walks in the Peak District, with OS mapping.

Includes 20 circular walks between 5 and 18 miles in length, spread across West Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

The North Face of the Eiger was long notorious as the most dangerous climb in the Swiss Alps, one that had claimed the lives of numerous mountaineers. In February 1966, two teams - one German, the other British-American - aimed to climb it by a new direct route. Astonishingly, the two teams knew almost nothing about each other's attempt until both arrived at the foot of the face. The race was on.John Harlin led the four-man British-American te...