The golden age of Himalayan mountaineering, from the mid-1970s to the ‘80s, spawned a generation of radical young climbers. With tiny budgets and high ambitions they pioneered small scale, Alpine-style expeditions on mountains such as Jannu, Nuptse, Everest, and K2.
A Line Above The Sky by Helen Mort
A blend of memoir and nature writing asking why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find freedom in pushing our limits. It’s a love letter to losing oneself in physicality and an unforgettable celebration of womanhood.
Born To Climb by Zofia Reych
In Born to Climb, anthropologist and climber Zofia Reych shares with us the fascinating cultural history of rock and competition climbing.
Fell Asleep - Autumn by Russ Moorhouse
Russ Moorhouse had everything, a good job, big house, fancy car. But none of it brought happiness. His solution? Give it all up and live on the mountains of the Lake District for a year.
Mountain Love by Patrick Phillips
In this book, Mountain Love, eternal revolutionary, writer and artist Patrick Phillips presents to you something of his relationship with his local mountain (Meall nan Tarmachan and today, Ben Ledi) as an intimate conversation between them.
Peak Pursuits by Caroline Schaumann
Tracing the exciting and contradictory, the idealized and often fraught cultural history of mountaineering, Peak Pursuits examines depictions of exploration in the Alps, Andes, and the Sierra Nevada that inform culturally constructed notions of nature, wilderness, and identity to this day.
In The Shadow Of The Mountain by Silvia Vasquez Lavado
Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing childhood abuse, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado decides to channel her pain towards the biggest challenge: Everest. This is the climb Silvia braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir following her journey to the summit.
Imaginary Peaks by Katie Ives
Imaginary Peaks is an engaging narrative that uses the deception about a fake mountain range as a jumping-off point to explore our shared fascination with wild places and the lure of blank spaces on the map.
Edward Feuz Jr. by D. L. Stephen
An intimate look at the life and climbs of Swiss alpine guide Edward Feuz Jr., patriarch of Canadian alpinism and genuine lover of mountains.
To Be A Warrior by Brandon Pullan
An energetic and engaging investigation into the life and death of legendary climber, paddler, and recluse Billy “Kayak Bill” Davidson.
Fell Asleep - Summer by Russ Moorhouse
Capturing Russ's love for the fells this is a book that's light enough to stuff in your pack. One you can dip in and out of to select some bedtime reading that will send you into a sweet slumber.
Mountain Stories by Heather Dawe
Mountain Stories is an illustrated memoir of journeys through some of Scotland's most beautiful landscapes. Writing during lockdown, author and artist Heather Dawe found telling these stories a powerful means of reconnection with the mountains when they are physically inaccessible.
Twisted Mountains by Tim Woods
Twisted Mountains is a collection of short stories set amongst the UK’s hills. Stories with mountains at their heart and dark humour, Tim Woods tells them in the characters' varied voices, in ways that are shocking, funny and sad.
Mapping The Mind by John Proctor
Mapping The Mind is a series of descriptive Sky runs; it aims to guide you and develop your skills and knowledge as your heart, legs and lungs grow stronger, and you run and climb your way through mainland Britains wildest and highest mountain peaks.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong by Mark Sedon
One mans survival stories from a fatal helicopter crash, summiting Mt Everest, kiteskiing across Antarctica, swept by an avalanche into a deep crevasse, trapped and starving in a Papuan mine, a broken mast in the Southern Ocean and much more . . .
Through Dangerous Doors by Robert Charles Lee
Robert Lee's memoir details a life on the edge and in the flow while effectively managing risks. As a professional risk scientist and experienced climber, he is well-qualified to take on and conquer life's seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Life Lived Wild by Rick Ridgeway
Lifelong adventurer, filmmaker, businessman, author and environmentalist Rick Ridgeway compiles stories of climbing high mountains, interacting with remote cultures and “bearing witness to the majesty of the wild world” into a memoir that spans 50 years.
Fell Asleep - Spring by Russ Moorhouse
A collection of love letters to the fells, this book tells the story of Russ Moorhouse who in one year became the first person to wild camp on all 214 Wainwright mountains. Either in a tent, bivvybag, hammock or cave.
The Fox of Glencoe by Hamish MacInnes
The Fox of Glencoe is a rich collection of wry tales and historic photographs chronicling the adventures of the legendary Hamish MacInnes, and offering a glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest mountaineers of our time.
The Mountain Path by Paul Pritchard
‘All I wanted to do was go to sleep. And I was certain that if I did drift off, it would be for the last time.’
In 1998, Paul Pritchard was struck on the head by a falling rock as he climbed a sea stack in Tasmania. Close to death, Pritchard kept himself going with a promise that he would ‘at least attempt to live’. The Mountain Path is an adventure book like no other, an exploration of a healing brain, a test of will and a triumph of hope.