The Mountains of Erewhon by T N Beckett
$45.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
The Last Step - The American Ascent of K2 by Rick Ridgeway; Edward M. Kennedy (Foreword by); James W. Whittaker (Introduction by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: good
In September 1978, Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to achieve this victory. Under the leadership of Jim Whittaker, they and their teammates had spent 67 days on the mountain, nearly all of them above 18,000 feet, where the stresses of ...Show more
Kongur China's Elusive Summit by Chris Bonington
$30.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
First Across the Roof of the World The First Ever Traverse of the Hamalayas 5000 Kilometres from Sikkim to Pakistan by Graeme Dingle; Peter Hillary
$30.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
High Adventure by Sir Edmund Hillary
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Reprinted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the conquering of Everest, this is the authoritative first-person account of Hillary and Tenzing's conquest. "High Adventure" is regarded as a mountaineering classic, but it is also a thrilling and inspiring story of courage and endurance. First publi ...Show more
Edmund Hillary - A Biography by Michael Gill
$55.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: near fine
This new and important biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, a truly great New Zealander, breaks new ground among previous accounts of his life. The author, Michael Gill, was a close friend of Edmund Hillary's for over 50 years, accompanying him on many expeditions, and becoming heavily involved in his Himal ...Show more
Dingle: Discovering the Sense in Adventure by Graeme Dingle
$15.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Dingle is the autobiography of Graeme Dingle. It is the story of how a scared, painfully skinny boy turns himself into one of New Zealand's greatest adventurers, capable of the hardest climbs in the world. But it is also the story of how a man realises that for his life to truly have meaning, it needs t ...Show more
Between A Rock and A Hard Place by Aron Ralston
$12.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a day's hike through a remote part of Utah. Eight miles from his truck, in the middle of a deep and narrow canyon, he was climbing down off a wedged boulder when suddenly the rock came loose. Before he could ...Show more
Journey along the Spine of the Andes by Christopher Portway
$25.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
The Wainwright Letters by Alfred Wainwright; Hunter Davies (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
Hunter Davies, Wainwright's biographer, has here collected a selection of letters that range from his early years in Blackburn to his position as Borough Treasurer in Kendal, and cover all aspects of his professional and personal life.
Two Generations by Edmund Hillary; Peter Hillary
$25.00 NZD
Category: Mountaineering | Reading Level: very good
This is the only book by this most famous of all Everest father and son teams. Includes expeditions to Everest, Lhotse, Mt Aspiring, Ama Dablam, much more. Ed Hillary and his son Peter span five decades of high-altitude climbing and five decades of aid development in Nepal. From 1953 to 1984 the changes ...Show more