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Recommended Books

Annapurna I

Vintage black and white image of Annapurna mountain with climbers and tents at base camp.

An account of the first ascent of an 8,000 m peak in 1950 by the leader of the successful French expedition (1951) 

Everest

Book cover of "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer about Mt. Everest disaster.

An account of the 1996 disaster on Everest by one of the climbers present on that fateful day (1997) 

K2

Book cover of 'The Ghosts of K2' by Mick Conefrey with mountain climbers on a rocky peak.

The history of the early expeditions to the 'Savage Mountain' during the first half of the 20th Century (2015)  

Culture & History

A monastery perched on a cliff in the Himalayas with the book title overlay.

An overview of the peoples, cultures, and key historical events in the world's highest mountains (2021) 

Everest

Book cover of 'Into the Silence' about Everest's conquest with historic mountaineers.

A definitive history of the first Everest expeditions in the early 20th Century (2012) 

Culture & History

Book cover depicting climbers on snowy Everest peaks titled Sherpa.

The Sherpa before and after the arrival of mountaineers in the Himalaya (2023)

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