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15 Best Climbing Books

Goal: Find the best Climbing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best climbing books" and study the top 4+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

15 Best Climbing Books

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1

Into Thin Air

A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

Also recommended by:

Richard Branson, James Clear

2

Alone on the Wall

by Alex Honnold

3

Camp 4

Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber

by Steve Roper

4

Drawn

The Art of Ascent

by Jeremy Collins

5

Everest

The West Ridge

by Thomas Hornbein

6

Freedom Climbers

The Golden Age of Polish Climbing

by Bernadette McDonald

7

Learning to Fly

A Memoir of Hanging On and Letting Go

by Steph Davis

8

Mountaineering

The Freedom of the Hills

by The Mountaineers

9

One Move Too Many

How to Understand the Injuries and Overuse Syndroms of Rock Climbing

by Volker Hochholzer

10

Psychovertical

by Andy Kirkpatrick

11

Starlight and Storm

The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps

by Gaston Rebuffat

12

The Rock Warrior's Way

Mental Training For Climbers

by Arno Ilgner

13

Touching the Void

by Joe Simpson

14

Vertical Mind

Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing

by Don McGrath

15

Women Who Dare

North America's Most Inspiring Women Climbers

by Chris Noble

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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