1976. Originally published in 1883, the author’s record of his expedition from England to New Zealand with the aim of conquering Mount Cook in 1882.
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1955. 1st edition. Mountaineering legend Hillary recollects the bravery and frustration, the agony and glory that marked his Everest odyssey.
1969. 1st edition. The story of New Zealand Mountaineers in the Great Ranges of the World.
1986. 1st edition. The compelling story of one of the greatest mysteries in mountaineering.
1959. 1st edition. A history of climbing and mountaineering in New Zealand.
1945. This incorporates two separate books by the author into one publication.
1955. 1st edition. The exciting story of the first ascent of K2, regarded as the hardest of the 8,000 metre peaks, by the Italian team in 1954.
1934. In this exciting memoir, Hugh Ruttledge brings to life the fourth British Mount Everest expedition.
1969. 1st edition. "I have an ape-like build peculiarly suited to climbing," wrote Michael Gill. Sir Edmund Hillary, to who the letter was addressed, was intrigued.
1983. 1st edition. Linda Gill and her family accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on a visit to the Solu-Khumbu region at the foot of Everest, and Living High is the warm, humourous and fascinating account
1983. 1st edition. The challenges of river, bush, mountain and sea have long been sought out by New Zealanders, and many have been victims of Nature's unpredictable moods.
1977. An account of four seasons' mountaineering on the southern alps of New Zealand.
1988. 1st edition. Peter Hillary was a member of a joint Indo-Australian expedition which made an attempt on one of the world's highest unclimbed mountains, the remote and elusive summit of Rimo, 24,2
1982. 1st edition. Peter Hillary and Graeme Dingle choose to travel the hardest way - on foot and carrying their supplies - through the toughest terrain in the world: the Himalayas.
1963. This is the first account in English of a major mountain range in central New Guinea, and of the wild, mostly unexplored country surrounding it.
1954. In 1950, when no mountain taller than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed, Maurice Herzog led an expedition of French climbers to the summit of an 8,075-meter (26,493-foot) Himalayan peak called
1971. 1st edition. Known for surviving the 1986 K2 disaster, Diemberger provides a captivating insight into his earlier climbs in Summits and Secrets.
1946. In 1930, an expedition set out to climb the world’s third-highest mountain, Kangchenjunga.
1986. 1st edition. In 1985 Chris Bonington crowned an already distinguished mountaineering career by reaching the summit of Everest at the age of 50 - an achievement which won him enormous popular acc
1963. The story of the Himalayan scientific and mountaineering expedition 1960-61 Led by Sir Edmund Hillary.
1958. 1st edition. A book written for newcomers to mountaineering by expert Showell Styles.
1960. 1st edition. In 1958 Cold War barriers came down to enable a group of British mountaineers to return to climbing the Soviet Caucasus.
1953. 1st edition. John Hunt led the successful 1953 British expedition.
1953. 1st edition. John Hunt led the successful 1953 British expedition.
1959. 1st edition. The autobiography of a mountaineer and Antarctic photographer.
1939. Accounts of Pascoe's first ascents in the Canterbury and Westland Ranges, Southern Alps, New Zealand between the wars.
2011. With an introduction by Joe Simpson, this is the illustrated and enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna
1953. Chronicles the history of the British expeditions and attempts to climb the mountain from 1921 to 1951.
1952. Annapurna is the unforgettable account of this heroic climb and of its harrowing aftermath, including a nightmare descent of frostbite, snow blindness, and near death.
1950. 1st edition. In its ninety-seven large plates this book brings together an unusual selection of New Zealand mountain, forest and coastal scenes from the camera of John Pascoe.
1958. 1st edition. In its ninety-seven large plates this book brings together an unusual selection of New Zealand mountain, forest and coastal scenes from the camera of John Pascoe.
Circa 1980. Vintage book on New Zealand mountaineering safety.
1976. The New Zealand Expedition's goal to climb Jannu for the first time by its northern face.
1953. 1st edition. Climbing exploits of the highest order in every part of the world are told in the most readable fashion. This volume features Mt. Everest.
1965. 1st edition. An account of a 1963 difficult first ascent in the Cordillera Huayhuash (Peru) in which two of the eight members perished while retracing the summit ridge.
1964. 1st edition. An account of the 1960 Makalu expedition under the leadership of Edmund Hillary.
1954. History and many photographs of various expeditions up to, and including the 1953 conquest of Mount Everest.
1949. A collection of 33 articles by various climbing experts.
1999. This is a first-rate detective story, through forensic analysis, at last told the true story of Mallory & Irvine's attempt at Everest in 1924.
1953. 1st edition. Climbs in the Lofoten district by a well-known Scottish climber and broadcaster.
1997. In 1992, an Indian climber was left to die on the South Col of Mount Everest. Why did onlookers not hold the dying mans hand and comfort him?
2011. 1st edition. Biography of Jack Clarke, who from 1893 to 1914 climbed, guided, explored and organised trips into the mountains.
2008. The story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent.
1986. An exciting account of a major Himalayan expedition and a tribute to the team's climbing skills and courage.
2009. An autobiographical account of mountain exploration in every continent, with a focus on, not the risks, but the joys of exploring the vertical.
2000. A story on the sacred mountain of Panch Chuli of an arduous and almost miraculous survival, and of the brilliant, committed teamwork.