Climb

Stories of survival from rock, snow and ice: offers the world› s best writing
about mountaineering in all its forms.

From the rigours and risks of high-altitude climbing on Everest to the
challenges of scaling El Captain’s 3,000 vertical feet, this collection
examines the subject of mountaineering through the eyes of gifted writers with
great stories to tell.;These stories reveal climbing’s allure as well as its
terrible risks. Legendary Yosemite veteran John Long recalls the joys of
climbing the world’s hardest rock routes in the company of friends whose
boldness scares even him. Scotsmen Hamish MacInnes, Tom Patey and Andrew Greig
all feature, too, in stories from the Eiger’s dreaded North Face, Mustagh
Tower in the Karakoram aand the Alps.;This title spans a century of great
literature, from Evelyn Waugh and H.G. Wells to contemporary authors such as
Daniel Duane and Maureen O’Neill. All of these writers have something to say
about the beauty, the excitement, the ambition and the love that drives men
and women to risk everything in the mountains.