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Best Selling Climbing Books
Welcome to Summit Books UK. Climbing is one of the few sports to inspire good writing and it's amazing how many good climbing books there are. Summit Books is dedicated to making it easier to find and buy climbing books. The current best selling climbing books from the UK are listed below.
Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson
£5.99
Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
£5.99
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Everest
by Bear Grylls
£4.79
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The White Spiderby Heinrich Harrer£6.99
Rock Climbing: Essential Skills & Techniquesby Libby Peter£13.79
The Beckoning Silenceby Joe Simpson£5.99
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascinationby Robert Macfarlane£6.99
Seven Years in Tibet (Paladin Books)by Heinrich Harrer
Mountain Navigationby Peter Cliff£6.29
Mastering Mountain Bike Skillsby Brian Lopes£11.99

1996 Everest Disaster

In 1996 a controversial and tragic disaster struck two commercial Everest expeditions. These are the survivor's books. This event has probably generated more climbing books than any other incident in mountaineering history.

 
This author, who was one of the guides, got most of the blame for the disaster. The woman climber's perspective - actually the first book published on the subject.
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
by Anatoli Boukreev
£5.99
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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving Everest
by Lene Gammelgaard
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The best seller - the journalist's perspective. The doctor's perspective.
Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
£5.99
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
by Seaborn Beck Weathers
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Epic Climbing Disasters

Joe Simpson has written the best selling mountaineering disaster and survival climbing book of all time. Paul Pritchard was a well known UK climbing writer before his rock climbing accident.
Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson
£5.99
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The Totem Pole: And a Whole New Adventure
by Paul Pritchard
£5.99
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Climbing Humour

This parody of the 1953 British Everest expedition was for a long time thought to be written by one of the climbers. Tammy's rock climbing cartoons never cease to amuse
The Ascent of Rum Doodle
by W.E. Bowman
£5.99
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