Books from Vertebrate Publishing
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The Mountain Path: A climber's journey through life and death
By Paul PritchardI realise that the experience of pain is different for each of us. Yet I've come to believe we can accept pain and remain composed. I also realise that for some this may require Buddha-like levels of equanimity. If we can achieve this, ...
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Unknown Pleasures: Collected writing on life, death, climbing and everything in between
By Andy KirkpatrickI first met Ricky Bell in the dust of Camp 4. I forget the year. Ricky is one of those people you meet in life: one minute unknown, the next never to be forgotten. I've met a lot of 'legends': some who weren't and knew it groaned ...
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Lake District Bouldering: The LakesBloc Guidebook
By Greg ChapmanLake District Bouldering is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park.
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Statement: The Ben Moon Story
By Ed DouglasCharles Arthur at The Independent reported how one of the RTL workers, Pete Bukowski, had quit after discovering he was trying to evict Chris Plant, a friend from Sheffield.
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Battalion: A British infantry unit's actions from the battle of El Alamein to the Elbe, 1942-1945.
By Alastair BorthwickThen hewounded Mr Naime, and Mr Ross the signal officer.One or twoothers got ittoo. He was just picking us off. 'Theadjutant says: “We'd better get out of here.” '“Ay, sir,” Isays, “but how are you going to do it?
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Adventures in Mind: A personal obsession with the mountains
By Heather Daweduring my Bob Graham round, when I had reached the halfway point of High Raise, a fell set on the edge and to the east of the main Langdale Pikes, almost slap-bang in the middle of the Lake District,I allowed myself to look behind and ...
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Structured Chaos: The unusual life of a climber
By Victor SaundersWhile we'd been climbing Everest, Hugo had trekked up to base camp and was waiting for us to return, almost the best present a father can expect to have. Maggie, his mother, continues to live in Edinburgh; she says she will retire from ...
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Troll Wall: The untold story of the British first ascent of Europe's tallest rock face
By Tony HowardHe reached a belay out on the main face of the wall itself and we soon joined him again, once more able to see the valley and the two white dots of Base Camp far below. There was no sign of the Norwegian party and we thought they would ...
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Quest into the Unknown: My life as a climbing nomad
By Tony HowardThis book, the last word in adventure travel, takes the reader from Tony’s youth spent developing the crags of the English Peak District, via whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, thousand-mile canoe trips in the Canadian Arctic, living ...
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Echoes: One climber's hard road to freedom
By Nick BullockSometimes I wondered ifmy addiction was asbadas thatof many of stillhear Dad's voice aswe drove past the inmates. I could Werrington Young Offenders Centre on thewayto Hanley. “That's where you'llend up.” THE SEA The cold was a knife in ...
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Great British Bike Rides: 40 Classic routes for road cyclists
By Dave Barter... turn left (by pub) Turn left SP Burnham on Sea and Brent Knoll Crossroads, turn left SPHighbridge and Burnham on Sea T-junction, turn right, Mark Causeway, then left, Dutch Road T-junction, turn left WALK Straight over A38, ...
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1001 Running Tips: The essential runners' guide
By Robbie BrittonFor the most part, the books that have taught me the most are ones like John Porter's One Day as a Tiger or Joe Tasker's Savage Arena. If you want to really learn about endurance and perseverance, then the mountaineers take the biscuit.
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Traffic-Free Cycle Trails: The essential guide to over 400 traffic-free cycling trails around Great Britain
By Nick CottonOn a sweeping left-hand bend about 300yds after the Black Horse pub, bear right signposted 'Cole Green Way, Welwyn Garden City' and park by the football ground (grid reference TL 321121). 2. The Cole Green Way car park near the Cowper ...
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Kangchenjunga: The Himalayan giant
By Doug ScottIn Ray Desmond's beautifully produced book Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1999), three illustrations demonstrate the progress of Hooker's sepia drawing of Kangchenjunga from Singtam to Fitch's watercolour and the final lithograph that ...
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Shishapangma: The alpine-style first ascent of the South-West Face
By Doug Scott, Alex MacIntyreSee MacGregor,pp.25-74[back] 2. See Filippi,pp.19-26[back] 3. See Wessels[back] 4. See Filippi,p.191[back] 5. See Filippi, pp.309—12and notes to the Fourth Book, pp.426-7[back] 6. See Rockhill,p.149. (Rockhill saysthatin Central Asia ...
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Scottish Island Bagging: The Walkhighlands Guide to the Islands of Scotland
By Paul Webster, Helen Webster... allegedly with the help of spirit helpers or 'brownies' who traditionally crop up in Celtic mythology, residing in people's houses and helping with the household chores. Bee happy Colonsay is one of the last places in the country ...
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The Everest Years: The challenge of the world's highest mountain
By Chris BoningtonI enjoyed waking in the dark of the pre-dawn in my own little tent, then going across to the cook's shelter which was so much warmer and cosier than the mess tent. The cooking stoves, which had been lit by one of the cook boys, ...
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Kongur: China's Elusive Summit
By Chris BoningtonIt transpired that this was a relief force, bringing up a substitute cook and a replacement for our interpreter, since both had complained of the altitude. Peter Chen was now perfectly happy, however, fully acclimatised and delighted to ...
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Days to Remember: Adventures and reflections of a mountain guide
By Rob CollisterThe sun shone in a cloudless sky and our feet were becoming hot and sore. It gradually dawned on us that the route we were taking might be suitable for Nordic skiers but it was not going to be much fun on our heavier alpine equipment, ...
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England & Wales Island Bagging: A guide to adventures on the islands of England, Wales, the Channel Islands & the...
By Lisa DreweHalfway down the east coast in the tiny hamlet of West Thorney, St Nicholas Church is a peaceful oasis and, open to the public, is the only place that offers shelter on the island. It dates mostly from the late twelfth century and its ...