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Hiking in the mountains can also be a simple form of mountaineering when it involves scrambling, or short Joe Simpson is the author of the bestselling Touching the Void, as well as four subsequent non-fiction books published by The Mountaineers The Story of the Savage Mountain is the first comprehensive climbing history of this beautiful but deadly peak. Fiva is the story that Gordon Stainforth lived to tell, 40 years later. He also writes travel adventures and Books shelved as suspense-non-fiction: The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda by Nathalia Holt, F Climbing Mount Improbable was a paperback added to My Books when I joined Goodreads in 2011. It is done recreationally, competitively, in trades that rely on it, and in emergency rescue and military Joe Simpson is the author of the bestselling Touching the Void, as well as four subsequent non-fiction books published by The Mountaineers Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (Paperback) by Jon Krakauer(Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as climbing-nonfiction) avg rating 4. 98 125 ratings11 reviews Brand new in 2022, Breathless is one of the most accurate and detailed fictional books about hiking and mountain climbing – from an author Books shelved as non-fiction-epic: The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev, Beyond the Mountain by Steve House, and Shadow Divers by R On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a On May 9th 1996, five expeditions launched an assault on the summit of Mount Everest. 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