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K2: Triumph and Tragedy

By Curran, Jim

Life And Limb: A true story of tragedy and survival

By Andrew, Jamie

There and Then: The Travel Writing of James Salter

By Salter, James

One Man’s Everest: The Autobiography of Kenton Cool

By Cool, Kenton

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)

By Cellini, Benvenuto

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

By Ed Viesturs, David Roberts

Touching The Void

By Simpson, Joe, Bonnington, Chris

An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher

By Zimmerman, Anne

The Backpacker's Bible: Your Essential Guide to Round the World Travel

By King, Suzanne

Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine

By Summers, Julie

The Munros in Winter: 277 Summits in 83 Days

By Moran, Martin

Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington: I Chose to Climb / The Next Horizon / The Everest Years

By Bonington, Chris

To Asia With Love: A Connoisseurs' Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam

By Kim Fay, Julie Fay

High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington: The Life and Times of Chris Bonington

By Curran, Jim

Left For Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

By Weathers, Beck

Touching The Void

By Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington

Seven Years in Tibet (Paladin Books)

By Harrer, Heinrich

Preposterous Tales: The International Climbing Escapades of Neil Gresham, Tim Emmett and Friends

By Gresham, Neil, Emmett, Tim

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

By Krakauer, Jon

Everest: The Struggle to Reach the Top of the World

By Tibballs, Geoff

Higher Than the Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest

By Stephen Venables

Life and Limb: A True Story of Tragedy and Survival Against the Odds

By Jamie Andrew

Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge

By Greig, Andrew

The Kon-Tiki Expedition

By Heyerdahl, Thor

Free Spirit: A Climber's Life

By Messner, Reinhold

I Chose to Climb

By Bonington, Sir Chris

DK Readers L4: Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World's Highest Peaks (DK Readers Level 4)

By Donkin, Andrew

Shining Mountain

By Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker

In High Places

By Haston, Dougal

No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

By Bowley, Graham