The two great American kiss-and-tell K2 mountaineering books In the early 1970s, the slopes of K2 were still relatively untouched. Although Italians had first set foot on the summit, American climbers considered it to be their mountain. Two expeditions in 19…

:The two great American kiss-and-tell K2 mountaineering books" -- @markhorrell.bsky.social
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Okay, to be clear this is Vertebrate Publishing's top 10 of 2025, but still, 'Extreme Rock' is still being published...
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ICYMI, like me... 'The Corridor', a memoir by Iain Peters, won this year's Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. Well done, Mr. Peters. #mountainlit #climbingbooks #climbing

'Spare These Stones: A Journey Through Southern Climbing Culture' Reviewed - Gripped Magazine "Anyone visiting the area, even up until the early 1980s, would have struggled to imagine it becoming a globally recognised climbing destination..."

I will read this.
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I think I am on the verge of identifying THE list of climbing books, plus my personal favorites. Which aren't the same thing, interestingly. A little bit more to go, but I'm getting there. #SuburbanMountaineer #mountainlit #climbingbooks

Triumph, tragedy and an occultist: life at the dawn of mountaineering A new book chronicles the struggles of early climbers as they attempted to mount expeditions on the world’s highest peaks

This looks good.
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