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A Listmania! list by Jon (England)

1. The Beckoning Silence by Joe Simpson

The list author says:
	"Simpson has developed immeasurably since 'Touching The Void' - read this as his own personal journey or an introduction to the Eiger's bloody history; either way, you'll be hooked from the first page"

�6.29 Used & New from: �0.01

(45 customer reviews)

2. Summit Fever: An Armchair Climber's Initiation to Glencoe, Mortal Terror and the Himalayan Matterhorn by Andrew Greig

The list author says:
	"for armchair explorers and climbing fanatics alike - a genuine classic, at turns both innocently naive and brutally harsh, with the reality of an initiation into high altitude expeditions"

�10.39 Used & New from: �1.84

(10 customer reviews)

3. Miracle In The Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado

The list author says:
	"mountaineering tales usually focus on a struggle upwards or a retreat down - in a way this emcompasses both, but it's the passion for human survival that shines through even stronger"

�6.29 Used & New from: �0.01

(25 customer reviews)

4. Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

The list author says:
	"essential reading"

Used & New from: �0.01

(194 customer reviews)

5. Alpine Ways by F.S.Smythe

The list author says:
	"In the author's words: 'In these pages I have tried through camera and pen to take those who like walking skiing and climbing among mountains back to a few of the well-remembered Alpine ways'"

Used & New from: �1.95

6. The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev

The list author says:
	"More 'factual' than Into Thin Air (which I'd recommend above this for first timers), but if you're an Everest junkie, into the '96 tragedy, or high altitude mountaineering in general, this is for you."

Used & New from: �0.01

(63 customer reviews)

7. Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves by David Rose

The list author says:
	"despite all the explanations/justificatons/history it's still hard to know what made Hargreaves tick, only that the mountains were where she loved to be - a thouroghly absorbing read nonetheless"

Used & New from: �0.01

(4 customer reviews)

8. Postcards from the Ledge: The Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child by Greg Child

The list author says:
	"you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why (+ how!) the hell they do it ... Child covers all the bases in this collection of tall stories from his personal archives"

�12.56 Used & New from: �6.74

(4 customer reviews)

9. Touching the Void [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Simon Yates

The list author says:
	"I'll plump for the DVD as the narrative in Simpson's debut was not yet (IMHO) in the same league as those above - that said, a classic story that has inspired many (myself included) to delve deeper"

Used & New from: �0.60

(71 customer reviews)