15 Best Climbing Books
Goal: Find the best Climbing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best climbing books" and study the top 4+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
15 Best Climbing Books
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Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
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Alone on the Wall
by Alex Honnold
Camp 4
Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber
by Steve Roper
Drawn
The Art of Ascent
by Jeremy Collins
Everest
The West Ridge
by Thomas Hornbein
Freedom Climbers
The Golden Age of Polish Climbing
by Bernadette McDonald
Learning to Fly
A Memoir of Hanging On and Letting Go
by Steph Davis
Mountaineering
The Freedom of the Hills
by The Mountaineers
One Move Too Many
How to Understand the Injuries and Overuse Syndroms of Rock Climbing
by Volker Hochholzer
Psychovertical
by Andy Kirkpatrick
Starlight and Storm
The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps
by Gaston Rebuffat
The Rock Warrior's Way
Mental Training For Climbers
by Arno Ilgner
Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson
Vertical Mind
Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing
by Don McGrath
Women Who Dare
North America's Most Inspiring Women Climbers
by Chris Noble
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