Recommended Books
Annapurna I
Account of the first ascent of a 8,000 m peak in 1950 by the leader of the French expedition (1953)
Everest
Account of the 1996 disaster on Everest by one of the climbers present on that fateful day (1997)
K2
History of the first expeditions to the
'Savage Mountain' in the first half of
the 20th Century (2016)
Culture & History
Overview of the peoples, cultures and key historical events in the world's highest mountains (2021)
Everest
A definitive history of the first Everest expeditions in the early 20th Century (2012)
Culture & History
A fascinating window into the lives of the Sherpa before and after the mountaineers arrived (2022)