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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 14, 2010 - 01:02pm PT
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I want to amass a list of the all time great mountaineering and climbing adventure books. I don't want to miss any good ones.
Near the top of the list would have to be The White Spider and Annapurna. My wife insists that her favorite book The Magnificent Mountain Women has to be on the list. That's what you get when your wife reads over your shoulder when you doing something REALLY important. Personally I didn't think the book was particularly well written, but was interesting from an historical point of view.
I just finished The Stone Masters book. Really well done. Nicely packaged too. I also liked The Mountains of My Life - Walter Bonatti. Then there is Mountain of My Fear - David Roberts. Also by David Roberts there is his book Escape Routes which is a compilation of his magazine stories. I would have missed his story of Jeff Lowes ascent of the Eiger in the story "Mountain of Trouble". Talk about hair raising. Scary 10x. Not bolt kit. WOW.
After putting together the list the next thing to do would be to rank them in order. The greatest of all time will be really difficult to choose.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Dec 14, 2010 - 01:21pm PT
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Savage Arena!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 14, 2010 - 01:42pm PT
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Kolsås - Klatreparadis og Naturperle.
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Baggins
Boulder climber
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Dec 14, 2010 - 01:43pm PT
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Obvious clssics: Minus 148, Touching the void, Conquistadors of the useless, Into thin air
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ryanb
climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 14, 2010 - 01:50pm PT
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The Mountains of My Life by Walter Bonatti
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2010 - 01:53pm PT
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Yeah that "Minus 148". How many people could pull that off and survive well enough even to write a book.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2010 - 02:05pm PT
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I did some digging and found that "Kolsås: Klatreparadis og naturperle" translates to Kolsås: The Relationship between a Mountain and its People.
I did find some good stuff on page 7 and 8. This looks like a term paper to me. I could be wrong.
http://www.randall.no/documents/UiO/4016exam.pdf
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Dec 14, 2010 - 02:07pm PT
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One of the best adventure books I've ever read, Caverns Measureless to Man by Sheck Exley, but not a climbing book so ignore this.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2010 - 02:16pm PT
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No that's cool man. Some of those cavers do some crazy cool climbing. And adventure that is a given.
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Buju
Big Wall climber
the range of light
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Dec 14, 2010 - 02:24pm PT
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David Roberts:
On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2010 - 02:44pm PT
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Very good. We have about 20. I am listing them as they come in and will post it later.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Dec 14, 2010 - 02:59pm PT
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"Ways to the Sky"
Andy Selters
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:08pm PT
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Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
Mark Twight
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TMO
Trad climber
Puyallup, WA
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:17pm PT
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Starlight and Storm - by Gaston Rebuffat
The White Spider - by Heinrich Harrer
Annapurna - by Maurice Herzog
Rock Jocks, Wall Rats, and Hang Dogs - by John Long
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Stewart Johnson
climber
yo mama
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:21pm PT
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everest kangshung face by stephen venables
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Friedo
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:23pm PT
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Ed Veisturs book K2 is fantastic. It details historic expeditions, triumphs and tragedies, and gives a very detailed description of the mountain and all of it's obstacles!
Into Thin Air and Touching the Void were already mentioned.
Right now I'm reading Eiger Obsession, but I won't be able to comment on it for a few weeks...but so far it's pretty good!
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:40pm PT
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We need Dolomite to weight in here, but I really liked 'Killing Dragons' by Fergus Fleming, a history of European moutaineering...the other titles mentioned upthread are very good as well. There are so many great books to consider for inclusion. This thread has been done before...
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Stewart Johnson
climber
yo mama
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:41pm PT
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how can we be filthy if its raining ?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 14, 2010 - 03:46pm PT
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Escape from Khatmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Greatest mountaineering stories ever written.
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