In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Jeff Smoot vividly chronicles the characters and events of the raucous, revolutionary late ‘70s and ‘80s in rock climbing. This contentious, entertaining period indelibly transformed the sport.
Black Car Burning by Helen Mort
How do we trust each other, in love, in the community and on climbing ropes? The brilliant debut novel of trust and trauma, fear and falling, from the award-winning poet Helen Mort.
Rock As Gloss by Mark Goodwin
The poems and fictions of ‘Rock as Gloss’ offers a variety of approaches to ‘the rock in hand’, and enact a dialogue with the culture and literature of climbing and fell-walking, speaking to (and through) Menlove Edwards and others.
The Impossible Climb by Mark Synnott
An intimate account of Alex Honnold's unprecedented, almost unimaginable feat: a 3,000-foot vertical climb up El Capitan in Yosemite, without a rope.
Lands of Lost Borders by Kate Harris
Lands of Lost Borders is the chronicle of Harris’ odyssey on the fabled Silk Road and an exploration of the importance of breaking the boundaries we set ourselves; a meditation on the essential longing to soar completely out of bounds.
Shaded by Stone by Ari Schneider
Shaded by Stone is a reflective journey exploring Ari Schneider’s struggle to find purpose while climbing in the mountains and deserts of North America. Recounting some of his favorite climbs, often with his canine companion, Breezy, Shaded by Stone follows Schneider’s adventures while weighing risk and reward, dealing with life’s adversities, and searching for self-fulfillment.
Quest Into The Unknown by Tony Howard
In 1965 Tony Howard and friends made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall. Tony went on to found Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown, his autobiography, covers his extensive travels around the world.
No Easy Way by Mick Fowler
Mick Fowler is the master of the small Himalayan expedition. He has been at the forefront of this approach for thirty years, balancing family life, work and annual trips to the greater ranges. No Easy Way is his third book.
Edmund Hillary – A Biography by Michael Gill
Edmund Hillary – A Biography by Michael Gill profiles Sir Edmund Hillary – who made the first ascent of Everest in 1953 alongside Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, and went on to dedicate his life’s work to building schools and hospitals in the Himalaya.
The White Cliff by Grant Farquhar
The White Cliff focuses on the crucible of UK adventure climbing and, arguably, the best sea cliff in the world: Gogarth. This coffee-table book has a historical narrative into which are embedded essays and images by the various protagonists.