On 1 August 2008, thirty-four climbers from seven international expeditions joined forces in their attempt to reach the summit of K2. Tragedy struck and for three days Sherpa Pemba Gyalje and others tried to save the lives of those around ...

Meet Me at the Summit is an intimate tale of grief, finding yourself after deep loss, and coming to terms with how life changes when you least expect it.

Kids from all over North America vie to be the first youngest person to climb Mount Everest. When the final four reach the highest peaks, disaster strikes.

“I have read several accounts of Everest climbs, but none gave me the "behind the scenes" view this book provides.

In a memoir by the first man to reach the peak of Everest, Hillary discusses the adventures that shaped his life, from the South Pole to the Ganges River.

He soon uncovers the story of Josef Becker, a Nazi climber who sought the top of the world seventy years before, when Europe teetered on the brink of the Second World War.

The climb to the peak of Mt. McKinley with her father becomes a journey of self-discovery for seventeen-year-old Sarah, who is sick of living in the Alaskan bush with her mother but troubled by her father's emotional distance.

This book takes the reader through this process in ten stages that apply to both real and metaphorical mountains.

This is the place where eagles and snows fall in echoing silence; where ripping winds roar and tear and bite the soul; where awe and admiration are regularly inspired.