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Annapurna
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Before Everest, there was Annapurna. Maurice Herzog led an expedition of French climbers to the summit of this 26,000-foot Himalayan peak in 1950. At the time of the assault, it was the highest mountain ever climbed, a remarkable feat in itself made all the more remarkable by the fact that it had never previously been charted. Herzog and his team not o... »
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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
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Concise and yet packed with detail, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to "thos... »
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The Self-Coached Climber: The Guide to Movement Training Performance
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Brilliant book.
So many ideas for those non-professional climbers (like me) who don't have a coach.
Turning, flagging, drop knees are fully explained. Chapter about Movement initiantion - was like total revelation to me. Plus it has DVD - so you can see how you MUST move.
After reading this book I got really sceared: wha... »
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Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
I really learned a lot of useful and practical avy knowledge after reading this book cover to cover. The book is well written and engages the reader. Th... »
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