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Whether you're planning a big ascent, interested in climbing Mount Everest, Aconcagua, K2 or Kilimanjaro, or improving skills and technique, we have all the climbing maps and guides you’ll need. If you prefer the safety of an armchair, tuck in to our climbing tales and photographic books.

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    Find your bearings with the Ortlieb Waterproof Map Case. This transparent map case protects your maps from moisture, mud, dirt and UV-light. Ideal for hiking, paragliding, canoeing or biking - your...
    • Publisher: Ortileb
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    The White Spider

    by Heinrich Harrer
    A classic of mountaineering literature, The White Spider tells the story of the harrowing first ascent of the Eiger's North Wall, one of the most legendary and terrifying climbs in recorded history....
    • Publisher: HarperCollins
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    The Beckoning Silence

    by Joe Simpson
    Since the epic tale of his survival in the Andes, recounted in Touching the Void, Simpson has lived a life full of adventure but haunted by death. Insisting that he played a simple game on a...
    • Publisher: Vintage
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    This Game of Ghosts

    by Joe Simpson
    Touching the Void was Joe Simpson's account of his near fatal accident on Peru's Siula Grande. He never expected to be in the same situation again. However fate had other ideas and later in the...
    • Publisher: Vintage
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    A Slender Thread

    by Stephen Venables
    Stephen Venables was in illustrious mountaineering company, high on the unclimbed and sacred mountain Panch Chuli with a circle of British climbers, including Chris Bonington, when, at 1am on a dark Hi...
    • Publisher: Arrow
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    The Death Zone

    by Matt Dickinson
    Everest Base Camp 10th May 1996: "Glancing into the sky she became one of the first people to see what was sweeping up from the lower valleys towards Everest¿great billowing lilac clouds¿they stood wat...
    • Publisher: Arrow
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    Skilled ex-SAS tracker, Bob Carss, believes that with patience, practice and dedication anyone can become a good tracker. This lively guide emphasises observation, memory and analysis as well as...
    • Publisher: Constable
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    Thin White Line

    by Andy Cave
    In 1997 Andy Cave climbed the north face of Changabang in the Himalayas and attained something most climbers dream of but at a huge cost: the harrowing process claimed the life of his friend and climbi...
    • Publisher: Arrow
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    Stephen Venables is one of the greatest British climbers of his generation and he has now written a full autobiography - Higher than the Eagle Soars - A Path to Everest. He explores how and - more...
    • Publisher: Arrow
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    Learning to Breathe

    by Andy Cave
    At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into...
    • Publisher: Arrow
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    Dark Shadows Falling

    by Joe Simpson
    In 1992 an Indian climber was left to die on Mount Everest, despite being just 30 metres or so from another climbing team's camp. The controversy sparked by this event and by the increasing abuse of...
    • Publisher: Vintage
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    Storms of Silence

    by Joe Simpson
    From an avalanche that wiped out his base camp to an encounter with a band of Khampas fleeing the Chinese occupation of Tibet, Joe simpson draws upon his own experiences to write this moving and far re...
    • Publisher: Vintage
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