Recommended Readings
Technical Handbooks:
Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher – by Kathy Cosley and Mark Houston
The Avalanche Handbook – by David McClung and Peter Schaerer
Climbing Anchors, 3rd Edition – by John Long and Bob Gaines
Extreme Alpinism – by Mark Twight and James Martin
Ice and Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique – by Will Gadd
Leave No Trace in the Outdoors – by Jeffrey Marion, PhD
The Mountain Guide Manual – by Marc Chauvin and Rob Coppolillo
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills – by the Mountaineers
NOLS Cookery, 6th Edition – by NOLS
Self-Rescue 2nd Edition – by David Fasulo
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain – by Bruce Tremper
Physical Training Handbooks:
Gimme Kraft AIR – by Patrick Matros and Ludwig Korb
Training for Climbing – 2nd Edition, by Eric Horst
Training for the New Alpinism – by Steve House and Scott Johnston
Psychology Handbooks:
Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New World – by Taylor Clark
Thinking, Fast and Slow – by Daniel Kahneman
The Rock Warrior’s Way: Mental Training For Climbers
Espresso Lessons: From The Rock Warrior’s Way
The Unthinkable: What To Do When Disaster Strikes – by Amanda Ripley
Why We Sleep – by Matthew Walker
Climbing Novels:
Beyond the Mountain – by Steve House
Cold Wars: Climbing the Fine Line between Risk and Reality – by Andy Kirkpatrick
Endurance: The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told – by Alfred Lansing
Into the Wild – by John Krakauer
Into Thin Air – by John Krakauer
Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps – by Fergus Fleming
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber – by Mark Twight
Psycho Vertical – by Andy Kirkpatrick
Summit 8000: Life and Death with Australia’s Master of Thin Air – by Andrew Lock
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger – by Heinrich Harrer
Others:
A Song of Ice And Fire – 7 book series – by George R. R. Martin
American Gods – by Neil Gaiman
Homo Deus – by Yuval Noah-Harari
Mistborn – 3 book series – by Brandon Sanderson
Name of the Wind – 3 book series – by Patrick Rothfuss
The Magicians – 2 book series – by Lev Grossman
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat – by Oliver Sacks
The Rosie Project – 3 book series – by Graeme Simsion
The Stormlight Archive – 5 book series – by Brandon Sanderson