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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

Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering – by Martin Volken, Scott Schell, and Markaret Wheeler

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

Training for the Uphill Athlete: A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers – by Steve House, Scott Johnston, Kilian Jornet

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

Pretty Baby – by Mary Kubica

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

When Breath Becomes Air – by Paul Kalanithi

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