Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering’s Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters

James M. Tabor

W.W. Norton & Company (USA, 2007)

0-393-06174-4

This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling — and losing — on one of the world’s starkest and stormiest peaks. It culminates as the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.

Higher Than the Eagle Soars

Stephen Venables

Random House Group Limited UK (UK, 2007)

978-0091795610

Stephen Venables has written an autobiography that explores how and, more importantly, why he became a mountaineer, and reveals a series of previously unrecorded adventures on several continents. At its climax, he revisits his dramatic, near-fatal success without oxygen on the Kangshung face of Everest, an event that confirmed him as one of the great British climbers of his generation.

Yosemite in the Sixties

Glen Denny

Patagonia, Inc. — Lost Arrow Corporation (USA, 2007)

0-9790649-0-9

Glen Denny has compiled an extraordinary book of rare black-and-white photographs of Yosemite Valley climbers. Originally inspired by the work of Ansel Adams, Denny quickly mastered the effects of light on rock, but his special gift is for these portraits of climbers in their element, for revealing the climber’s face in the unselfconscious moment of obsession on a route, of pleasure in camp, of awe to be in such a place. He conveys the culture of Camp 4 in the sixties as well as the spirit of the big-wall climbs. Many of these photographs have never before been published.

Deep Water

Mike Robertson

Rockfax (UK, 2007)

978-1-873341-76-6

Deep Water is a Rockfax climbing guide dedicated to the art of deep water soloing, covering venues in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Asia, and Australia, to name just some of the locations in the book. Deep water soloing, with its exciting combination of freedom above water and unencumbered movement, is now seen by climbers worldwide as a fresh new genre, and even as a lifestyle.

Wild Places Wild Hearts: Nomads of the Himalaya

Allen Smutylo

Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery (Canada, 2007)

987-0-929021-47

The writing and artwork in Wild Places, Wild Hearts reveal the strange and rarefied world of the Tibetan Buddhist Himalayan nomads in eastern Ladakh. In six trips there since 2001, the writer/artist established a close bond with the 200-person Kharnak tribe. At 15,000 feet above sea level, in yak hair tents, the compassionate and extraordinary culture of the Changpas (nomads) survives in one of the most severe environments on earth.

The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father

John Harlin III

Simon & Schuster (USA, 2007)

0-7432-9690-7

When John Harlin was nine years old, his family changed forever as his father plummeted to his death while climbing the infamous Eiger of Switzerland. In The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father Harlin crafts a thrilling account of his own epic and emotionally demanding endeavor to crest the very mountain where his father met his end.

Dead Lucky: Life After Death On Mount Everest

Lincoln Hall

Random House Australia (Australia, 2007)

Dead Lucky is a personal account of an extraordinary survival story on Mount Everest. In May 2006, Australian mountaineer Lincoln Hall fulfilled a lifelong dream and reached the summit of Everest. But as he began the long descent with his Sherpa companions, altitude sickness overpowered him and he collapsed in the snow. After hours of trying to revive him, the Sherpas pronounced him dead and, as night fell, they were ordered by the expedition leader to descend to save themselves. The next day, a group of climbers, including Calgary’s Andrew Brash, found Hall alive on the crest of the summit ridge. “I imagine you are surprised to see me here”, Hall said.

Glen Boles: My Mountain Album

Glen Boles

Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2006)

1-894765-78-8

Artist and photographer Glen Boles has climbed extensively all over North America and in Europe, but his first love is the Canadian Rockies, where he has summited over 450 peaks, often by difficult new routes. Many were first ascents. Over the years, Glen has become familiar with all facets of climbing, from expedition climbing to mountain rescue.