Ultrarunner Jen Scotney has achieved podium finishes in some of the UK’s toughest races and now has her sights firmly set on the Pennine Way record. Running Through the Dark is much more than a running book, it is a story about resilience, about never giving up, and about battling through the night and always believing that there will be a new dawn.
In Search of Mount Kailash by Alex McKay
In Search of Mount Kailash recounts McKay's early Himalayan travels on the Hippy Trail and later as one the first Westerners to circumambulate Tibet’s sacred Kailas mountain. This leads him to the academic study of Tibet and the chain of Indian Himalayan Kailas mountains.
Upland by Ian Crofton
The relationship of people with hills and mountains has been complex, rich and varied – from awe and wonder to fear and loathing, from spiritual longing to peaceful acceptance. As he explores our high places, Ian Crofton conjures up those who have been there before: Neolithic axe-makers, mass trespassers, shepherds, quarrymen, botanists, poets and pioneering cragsmen and women among them.
Breathe by Mollie Hughes
Mollie Hughes has explored some of the wildest environments on earth, from the top of Mount Everest to the vast frozen continent of Antarctica. With reference to her all-extreme experiences, and backed with psychological research, Breathe expertly turns them into valuable lessons that can be applied to more everyday challenges.
Korea Route by Park Myung-hwan
This book is about Kang Yeon-ryong (1972–2018), the first Korean to climb the south face of Shishapangma via the “Korea Route.” The author interviewed over 100 of Kang's family members and friends for this book.
The Voices of Glaciers by Ignacio Palomo, Sofia Lana, Antoine Rabatel & Oliver Dangles
As glacier melting continues unabated at all latitudes, the loss of glaciers in the tropics provides an early glimpse of how a world without ice might be. This book gives voice to 35 diverse individuals whose lives are tied to tropical glaciers.
Altitude and Acclimatization on Higher Mountains and Hiking by Reijo Linnola
My 13 years of mountain climbing and serving as an expedition doctor are documented in this book, providing fellow climbers and hikers with more knowledge about the art ofacclimatization and how to stay alive while climbing in the mountains.
The Corridor by Iain Peters
How mountains, climbing and secret shame shaped a life after abuse.
A funny, rebellious journey of emotional survival from the perspective of both child and adult, from Kenya to Dartmoor, Cornwall, the Alps and unclimbed peaks in Tierra del Fuego.
In Green by Louis D. Hall
A glorious piece of rich, romantic travel writing that takes the reader along old paths, into ancient villages, sharing rural homes and stables of farmers and shepherds in the Ligurian Alps, Pyrenees, Basque country and Galician coast, from a brilliant new talent.
Wainwrights Without A Car by Ron Kenyon
This book details ascending the 214 Lakeland Wainwright summits and accessing the area, without using the car, giving lots of information on using buses, trains, boats, bikes and skis as well as much more.
Tobin, The Stonemasters, And Me by Rick Accomazzo
Why did Alex Honnold write that Tobin Sorenson was one of the Yosemite climbers he most admired? This is the untold story of how Sorenson, who died at age 25, became the world’s best all-around climber during the late 1970s.
Mountain Style by Max Leonard & Henry Iddon
The first book to celebrate the history, vintage style and visual heritage of the UK’s outdoor clothing industry. It examines how mountaineers and manufacturers collaborated on clothing that sent people further, faster and higher, and crossed into the mainstream.
Wildly Different by Sarah Lonsdale
In Wildly Different, historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the lives of five women who fought for the right to work in, enjoy and help to save the earth's wild places. Evocative and inspiring, it shows how women can be 'wildly different'.
Eleri by James Mchaffie
Eleri loses a close family member to suicide. Eleri reflects on the reasons before taking aim at the people who pushed austerity. Set in North Wales it touches on landscapes, culture and being poor.
Moving The Needle by Dave Macleod
An ode to an old-school rock climbing apprenticeship and how the combination of a handful of decisions and influences, each seemingly innocuous in isolation, catapulted an unremarkable intermediate, Dave MacLeod, to the first ascent of the world’s hardest route.
Beyond The Snow Leopard by Bill Crozier
Australian-based, British-born doctor Bill Crozier sets out to seek the snow leopard in the Himalayas: Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet, guided by the writings of Himalayan explorers and Buddhist monks over the centuries.
Reaching Beyond by Denise Evans
Reaching Beyond is the autobiography of Denise Evans (1931–2023). It chronicles her extraordinary life as a pioneering adventurer, Alpine Club President, climber, sailor, and resilient mother of three boys who overcame personal challenges to inspire with her fearless spirit.
The Empty Rope by Dunstan Power
A climbing accident in Patagonia in 1990 defined two men's lives, making one famous and ruining the other. The truth about what happened has remained buried in the glaciers of the high Andes for too long…
The White Ladder by Daniel Light
Tracing the world altitude record from the ashy slopes of the sacred volcano Llullaillaco to the icy crags and crevasses of the Karakoram, Daniel Light takes a panoramic journey through the storied history of mountaineering before Everest.