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 Steve Woollard 18 Nov 2020

Just finished The Impossible Climb and looking for a new book about climbing/climbers to get me through these dark wet days

Suggestions please

 Andy Say 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

The Ascent of Rum Doodle.

Hard to beat.....

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In reply to Andy Say:

Thanks Andy, good book but read it while doing Ama Dablam and spent the time matching the characters in the book to those out with us

 afx22 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

I enjoyed Tommy Cauldwell’s book, The Push, the most.

 Doug 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard: John Porter's 'One Day As a Tiger: Alex Macintyre and the Birth of Light and Fast' is probably the best climbing book I've read in the last few years

 jcking231 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

I thought Andy Pollitts autobiography "Punk In The Gym" was excellent

 Andy Clarke 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

If you find soloing interesting, then I can thoroughly recommend Jules Lines's Tears of the Dawn: fascinating, well-written and attractively produced.

Some of my other favourites:

Paul Pritchard: Deep Play: brilliant evocation of a particular time and culture in British climbing, which has stood the test of time very well;

Paul Pritchard: The Totem Pole: very different but equally gripping - particularly scary and inspiring if you've ever had  a serious climbing accident;

Johnny Dawes: Full of Myself: unique;

Wade Davis: Into The Silence: if you want  something historical - meticulously researched, magisterial account  of the three 1920's Everest expeditions and their cultural context.

 Sean Kelly 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

Not quite mountaineering Steve but Apsley Cherry-Garrard's 'Worst Journey in the World' is an excellent read.

 climber34neil 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

Life on the edge, Eric Jones 

Removed User 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

Saw a review of a new book called The Moth and the Mountain, a non-fiction account of a Mallory-era guy who thought the way to climb Everest would be to ditch a plane on it's higher slopes and scramble the rest. 

 Blue Straggler 18 Nov 2020
In reply to Removed Userwaitout:

sounds interesting, and what a visionary! 

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Recently read and enjoyed 'no picnic on Mount kenya' and 'into the silence' 

In reply to jcking231:

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions, there’s enough here to keep me going right through the winter. I went for Punk in the Gym to start with as I’m still a punk at heart.

 Mick Ward 19 Nov 2020
In reply to Sean Kelly:

> Not quite mountaineering Steve but Apsley Cherry-Garrard's 'Worst Journey in the World' is an excellent read.

An absolutely wonderful book. Unbelievable privation. Heartbreaking.

Mick

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 Myfyr Tomos 19 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

I always go back to WH Murray's "Mountaineering in Scotland". Of its time, but wonderful writing.

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 RANGITOTO 19 Nov 2020
In reply to Steve Woollard:

Echoes of a Dream - A Crag Rats Tale by Richard McHardy.

A great read.


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