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vertical_risk
Nov 17, 2003, 12:04 PM
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In reply to: Has anyone read the book called "Addicted To Danger" A memoir written by Jim Wickwire. :D :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just finished that book. Great stories. Got a little drawn out at the end but still a great book. There's a great chapter about Wickwire's K2 bivy ordeal in Rick Ridgeway's book, "The Last Step"
Here's one I just picked up and finished on the plane:
"Where the Mountain Casts It's Shadow" by Maria Coffey (she was Joe Tasker's GF).
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traddad
Nov 17, 2003, 1:20 PM
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"Enduring Patagonia" by Greg Crouch and "Deep Play" by Paul Pritchard.
Other cool "climbing related" books:
"Seven Years in Tibet" by Harrer
"The Snow Leopard" by Matthiassen
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cliffhanger9
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Nov 17, 2003, 1:54 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills, because it has everything. Ditto, and I think thats going to be a pretty common answer. Mountaineering is the bible of climbing. It doesnt have all the specialized info as some books has, but gives such a great amount of information in a clear and concise way, no other book can be considered a favorite to me.
yup!
In reply to: After reading "Into Thin Air," I read Boukreev's "The Climb" to get another perspective. Krakauer pretty much railed Boukreev in his book. And I felt that it was pretty unjust considering Boukreev's selflessness in rescuing other climbers while Krakauer languished in his tent. That takes some balls.
read into thin air...havent read the climb one yet though...i ll have to check that out! thanks!
rock on!! :mrgreen:
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In reply to: If I hear mention of Krakauer book Into Thin Air one more time, so help me God, I’m going to impale my self through the eye with my own ice axe!!
hahaha oops sorry dude..didnt see it till after i posted. :lol:
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dino
Nov 17, 2003, 2:02 PM
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Marice Herzog's Annapurna which describes the 1st ascent of an 8000m peak; epic.
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mnutz
Nov 17, 2003, 3:03 PM
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In no particular order:
Touching The Void, Joe Simpson
Scrambles Amongst The Alps, Edward Whymper
Feeding The Rat, A. Alvarez
Bone Games, Rob Schulties
The Seventh Grade, Reinhold Messner
Annapurna, Maurice Herzog
K2 Triumph And Tragedy, Jim Curran
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tradclimbinfool
Nov 17, 2003, 3:15 PM
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Basic Rockcraftand Advanced Rockcraftby Royal Robins.
Although these books are now thirty years old, you would be surprised how little has really changed. Much of the technical information is still very useful today. Even more important, however, is Robins' keen awareness of our impact as climbers (even in 1973 he was concerned about the growing population of climbers) and how technological advances, if we let them, can steal the adventure from climbing. It's very refreshing to read an instructional book where the author isn't afraid to step on a few toes and really make the reader ponder exactly why he/she climbs.
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dynoguy
Nov 17, 2003, 3:40 PM
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Climbing Free by Lynn Hill. Great change from all those mountaineering books.
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blondebrasilian
Nov 17, 2003, 3:48 PM
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CAMP 4
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seabee
Nov 17, 2003, 3:48 PM
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer. It's a little disjointed (Harrer added extra chapters in his 1964 edition), but still absolutely terrifying and emotionally provoking -- if you don't cry when you read about the death of Toni Kurz, you have no soul. Harrer makes me long for the old days, when climbing was something that only a very few would attempt. I wonder if I could have hung with those guys.
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alpinerockfiend
Nov 17, 2003, 4:47 PM
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In reply to: If those same teachers made those kids read Eiger Dreams buy ol’ John K., (a book with a much better selection of climbing debauchery), the PTA would be rioting in the streets!
That said, I'd have to say that it's one of my personal favorites. Krakauer has a good understanding of the emotions that go along with climbing, and is a damn fine storyteller. Being from the Tetons, I enjoy Teewinot by Jack Turner and We Aspired by Pete Sinclair, both memoirs of climbers around in the Teton's Golden Age. Ice World by Jeff Lowe is a beautiful tome that does a great job of dividing between instructional and experiential writing.
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takeme
Nov 17, 2003, 5:05 PM
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With my Colorado bias, I'd have to go with the new edition of "Climb!" (the history of rock climbing in Colorado). Very well written, loads of epic adventures, wonderful details and colorful stuff about the various characters of Colorado climbing. Also, Jeff Achey does a great job of managing the historical thread through all of this, and for someone like me who started climbing after the sport revolution, he paints a great picture of how the sport evolved, with the transitions from hemp ropes, to pitons and big walls, to clean and free, to sport climbing, etc.
Charles
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climbingagain
Nov 17, 2003, 5:46 PM
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White Spider is my fav with Mountian Of My Fear being thext favorite.
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sidewaysmaster
Nov 17, 2003, 6:04 PM
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The Savage Arena by Joe Tasker - He died too, btw.
I am sure this is part of the Boardman Tasker omnibus but I always felt this was the best one.
For rock climbing I really liked some of the old Jeff Long fiction. I don't know if any of it was ever put in a collection but it was very good.
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melekzek
Nov 17, 2003, 6:47 PM
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Technical
- Freedom of the hills, no discussion here, it is THE BOOK
- Self-Rescue by Fasulo and Clelland, anybody rock climbing should read it, learn it, practice it .....
- Performance Rock climbing by Goddard and Neumann, a little old, but I think still the best one even compared to the latest
Literature:
- My Vertical world, by Kukuczka, excellent, exciting
- Touching the void, by Simpson, heck anything by Simpson is a beautiful read
- The Mountains of my life, Bonatti, learn about the "fair" means guys....
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- Anybody reading Annapurna should also read True Summit by Roberts
- Anybody reading Into thin air should also read The climb by bookreev
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fredo
Nov 17, 2003, 7:34 PM
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I agree with seebee..White Spider. A classic book of endurance, tragedy and history on the Eiger
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xcire
Nov 17, 2003, 8:19 PM
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im going to go with penthouse it helps all kinds of things "go up"
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enanubis
Nov 19, 2003, 12:24 AM
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Freedom of the Hills (get for referencing any subject about climbing)
How to Climb series, great for a little more in depth knowledge, Self-Rescue is a must.
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reno
Nov 19, 2003, 12:30 AM
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"American Rock" by Don Mellor.
Bought it as a gift for the guy who taught me to climb. Decided to read it first. Enjoyed it so much, I went back to the bookstore and bought a second copy for myself.
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esoteric1
Nov 19, 2003, 1:29 PM
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my favorite book has got to be JOSHUA TREE GUIDE, by randy
awesome pics and ive been constantly using the thing for halfa decade
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jgardnerphoto
Nov 19, 2003, 2:46 PM
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All the Mark Twight books are really good, especially Kiss or Kill and Extreme Alpinism. My favorite though is Enduring Patagonia by Greg Crouch, it is one of the most well written books around, I am now dying to go to patagonia.
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dwm81281
Nov 19, 2003, 3:27 PM
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I'm working on Sherman Exposed . Its entertaining.
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jhump
Nov 19, 2003, 3:57 PM
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Extreme Apinism- Twight
Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage- Buhl
In the Shadow of Denali- Waterman
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dingus
Nov 19, 2003, 4:40 PM
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Some notable mentions of a Sierra bend:
High Odyssey, by Gene Rose, the story of Orland Bartholomew's ski traverse of the John Muir trail in the 1920's.
Close Up's of the High Sierra by Norman Clyde, a collection of articles he penned about various aspects of the Sierra. Priceless!
A Night on the Ground, a Day in the Open, by Doug Robinson - eclectic, hippy mountaineering at its best.
History of the Sierra Nevada, by Francis Farquhar - a must read for the historically challenged Sierra climber
Place Names of the Sierra Nevada, by Peter Browning - covers it all, from Abbot to Zumwalt. Why are these places named as they are?
The very fond list includes:
Rowell's Vertical World of Yosemite, a collection of articles spanning the golden age of wall climbing in the Valley.
Climbing Ice by Ivon Chouinard.
50 Classic Climbs, Steck and Roper.
Tiger of the Snow (?), Tenzing Norgay's autobiography
Always fond of James Ramsey Ullman novels...
And Ament's books are clear favorites, though his writing style wears on me, esp. in the Royal Robbins autobiography Spirit of the Age (still a must read for Valley practitioners). And our tribe owes this man an incredible thanks for his history of free climbing book, perhaps the single most important book on American climbing since Chris Jones took the first stab at the history of climbing in North America. Truly an astounding book!
Phew! I have a lot more, but that'll have to do.
DMT
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kimgraves
Nov 19, 2003, 6:54 PM
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Not yet mentioned:
David Roberts’ two books, “Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative” and “Mountain of my Fear.” Both are about early light-weight expeditions (to Mt. Deborah and Mt. Huntington) in Alaska that were ahead of their time. Very well written. They’re now published together in one volume.
Ray Jardine’s book “Beyond Backpacking.” Not mountaineering, but a new classic that I think should be required reading for wilderness travelers.
I agree that Marc Twight's book, "Extreem Alpinism" is a modern classic.
I just finished "Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains"
by Jon Krakauer. It's worth reading as well.
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petro
Nov 19, 2003, 7:35 PM
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A few obscure books by well known authors that haven't been mentioned yet...
"50 Crowded Climbs", Steck and Roper
"Into Thin Perjury", John Krakauer
And last but not least...
"Extreme Egotism", Mark Twight
These are my definite favorites, real cliffhangers... :oops:
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