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K2 Dreams and Reality (Raincoast Journeys)
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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
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Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
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Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
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100 Hikes in New Mexico
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Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park & National Forest
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Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes : Rainy Pass to Fraser River (Cascade Alpine Guide; Climbing and High Routes)
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The Best of Outside: The First 20 Years
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The Mountaineering Handbook
The Mountaineering Handbook
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The Avalanche Handbook
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Basic Illustrated Knots for the Outdoors (Basic Essentials Series)
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A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail (Barbara Savage Award Winner)
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Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region (Hiking Geology)
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
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Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
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Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS
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No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Ed Viesturs

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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
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Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
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High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest
Edmund Hillary

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Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs
Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs
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Die Weiße Spinne
Die Weiße Spinne
Heinrich Harrer

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Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire
Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire
Nicholas Howe

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Annapurna: A Woman's Place
Annapurna: A Woman's Place
Arlene Blum

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Mountaineering First Aid: A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care (Mountaineering First Aid)
Mountaineering First Aid: A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care (Mountaineering First Aid)
Jan D. Carline

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Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
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Wilderness Medicine, Beyond First Aid
Wilderness Medicine, Beyond First Aid
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Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
Jamling Tenzing Norgay

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K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
David Roberts

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Wade Davis

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Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
Barbara Savage

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Sports & Outdoors

Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer

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Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance
Training for Climbing: The Definitive Guide to Improving Your Climbing Performance
Eric J. Hörst

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Knots and How to Tie Them
Knots and How to Tie Them
Walter B. Gibson

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High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
David Breashears

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Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
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Climbing Anchors, 2nd (How To Climb Series)
Climbing Anchors, 2nd (How To Climb Series)
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The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails
The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails
R.J. Secor

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There and Back: Photographs from the Edge
There and Back: Photographs from the Edge
Jimmy Chin

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High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
Michael Kodas

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Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
Robert Macfarlane

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How to Rock Climb!
How to Rock Climb!
John Long

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Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
Andy Hall

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100 Classic Hikes in Washington: North Cascades, Olympics, Mount Rainer & South Cascades, Alpine Lakes, Glacier Peak (100 Best Hikes)
100 Classic Hikes in Washington: North Cascades, Olympics, Mount Rainer & South Cascades, Alpine Lakes, Glacier Peak (100 Best Hikes)
Ira Spring

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How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
Kathleen Meyer

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Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World
Lynn Hill

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K2, The Savage Mountain
K2, The Savage Mountain
Robert H. Bates

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The Ascent of Rum Doodle
The Ascent of Rum Doodle
W.E. Bowman

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Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
Arlene Blum

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The Backpacker's Handbook
The Backpacker's Handbook
Chris Townsend

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The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest
Conrad Anker

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Sports & Recreation

Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley
Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley
Art Davidson

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Seven Summits
Seven Summits
Frank Wells

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Run or Die
Run or Die
Kilian Jornet

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Day Hiking, Olympic Peninsula (Done in a Day)
Day Hiking, Olympic Peninsula (Done in a Day)
Craig Romano

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How to Climb 5.12, 2nd (How To Climb Series)
How to Climb 5.12, 2nd (How To Climb Series)
Eric J. Horst

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Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide
Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide
Mike Gauthier

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Medicine: For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities 5th Edition
Medicine: For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities 5th Edition
James A. Wilkerson

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Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest
Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest
Lincoln Hall

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The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest
The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest
Bear Grylls

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The Climbing Handbook: The Complete Guide to Safe and Exciting Rock Climbing
The Climbing Handbook: The Complete Guide to Safe and Exciting Rock Climbing
Steven S. Long

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Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
Mark Twight

from $16.35

Staying Found: The Complete Map and Compass Handbook
Staying Found: The Complete Map and Compass Handbook
June Fleming

from $4.19

Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
Brian Dickinson

from $14.09

Jaguars Ripped My Flesh
Jaguars Ripped My Flesh
Tim Cahill

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Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome
Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Dome
Bob Madgic

from $7.39

Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer
Anatoli Boukreev

from $4.79

No Barriers
No Barriers
Erik Weihenmayer

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The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots
The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots
Geoffrey Budworth

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Isle Royale National Park: Foot Trails & Water Routes
Isle Royale National Park: Foot Trails & Water Routes
Jim Dufresne

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Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance
Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance
Peter Stark

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Travel

Our National Parks
Our National Parks
John Muir

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Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story
Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story
James M. Greiner

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Mountains of North America
Mountains of North America
Fred Beckey

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A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon 2nd Edition
A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon 2nd Edition
Stephen Whitney

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Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
Harley Rustad

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Field Guide to the Cascades & Olympics
Field Guide to the Cascades & Olympics
Stephen R. Whitney

from $19.32

Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Vol 1- Columbia River to Stevens Pass (3rd Ed.)
Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Vol 1- Columbia River to Stevens Pass (3rd Ed.)
Fred Beckey

from $10.49

Göran Kropp 8000 plus
Göran Kropp 8000 plus
Göran Kropp

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Rock Climbing Washington
Rock Climbing Washington
Jeff Smoot

from $8.19

Paddle Routes of the Inland Northwest: 50 Flatwater and Whitewater Trips for Canoe & Kayak
Paddle Routes of the Inland Northwest: 50 Flatwater and Whitewater Trips for Canoe & Kayak
Rich Landers

from $4.49

Rockhounding Arizona
Rockhounding Arizona
Gerry Blair

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Climbing California's Fourteeners: The Route Guide to the Fifteen Highest Peaks
Climbing California's Fourteeners: The Route Guide to the Fifteen Highest Peaks
Stephen Porcella

from $6.49

Canoe and Kayak Routes of Northwest Oregon: Including Southwest Washington
Canoe and Kayak Routes of Northwest Oregon: Including Southwest Washington
Philip N. Jones

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The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier
The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier
Bruce Barcott

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In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
Galen A. Rowell

from $6.19

Wild Stories: The Best of Men's Journal
Wild Stories: The Best of Men's Journal
Sebastian Junger

from $4.39

Joshua Tree Rock Climbing Guide
Joshua Tree Rock Climbing Guide
Randy Vogel

from $8.99

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (High Sierra Classics Series)
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (High Sierra Classics Series)
Clarence King

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Sacred Mountains of the World
Sacred Mountains of the World
Edwin Bernbaum

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Bicycling The Pacific Coast: A Complete Route Guide, Canada To Mexico
Bicycling The Pacific Coast: A Complete Route Guide, Canada To Mexico
Vicky Spring

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The books on mountaineering cover a wide range of topics, including adventure travel stories, historical explorations of mountains and human fascination with them, gripping accounts of climbing expeditions and disasters, memoirs of famous climbers, comprehensive guides to mountain climbing techniques and equipment, and essays about wilderness and risk. Several books also focus on specific mountains such as Mount Everest or Mount Rainier. Additionally, there are guidebooks for hiking, rock climbing, paddling routes in different regions. There are also books that cover medical care and emergencies in wilderness settings as well as environmentally friendly outdoor defecation and hygiene practices.

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