Books & films — Aconcagua
The guidebooks, expedition accounts and films worth your time before Aconcagua.
Plan the climb
A guidebook to climbing 6962m Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere.…
Our note:The one planning book that covers all seven (and both eighths) in one volume, by a guide who has led them. Costs and logistics have moved on; the route descriptions and the order-of-climbing advice have not.
What does it take for a regular guy to climb some of the highest mountains…
Our note:Our own guidebook to the Normal and Polish Glacier routes, the permit system in Mendoza and the acclimatization schedule that gets most people up.
Heber Alain Orona's practical guide to the ascents and treks on Aconcagua, published in Spanish…
Our note:The American guide to the Normal, Polish Glacier and Polish Traverse routes, with the approach valleys and the camps. Older than ours, and still the other book people carry.
El sentido de esta guía es el de proporcionar información clara y sencilla a los…
A mostly serious guide to climbing the tallest mountain in the Western and Southern Hemispheres,…
2017 edition - 72 x 95 cm - 1:50.000 - All in one side ACONCAGUA…
At 6962m, Aconcagua is the highest peak outside the Himalayas and is accessible for both…
Read the mountain
When the author made a New Year's Facebook post declaring his intent to climb four…
Our note:Part of a children's Seven Summits series: the mountain explained for younger readers.
Going to Aconcagua is the latest travelogue from the author. The team sets out on…
Einmal ganz hoch hinaus und die Welt aus einer anderen Perspektive sehen - das ist…
The book is based on its author´s true story who relates, in detail, his ascent…
En la ciudad de Manchester, nace en 1866 Jacobo Foster II, personaje que se transforma…
Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas and the tallest mountain in the world…
The British mountaineer Martin Conway (1856-1937) was one of the great mountain explorers of the…
O alpinista e sociólogo Assis Aymone, integrou o grupo que escalou o Aconcágua - o…
El montañismo autónomo deportivo es una actividad marginal aun dentro del ambiente de montaña, sin…
Libro basado en la historia real de su autor quien narra detalladamente la ascensión del…
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The 7 summits as a project
Gerry Roach's quest for the Seven Summits spanned four decades and went far beyond the…
Geoff Tabin climbed the highest point of every continent, one of the first handful of…
More than fifty expeditions across all seven continents - by land, sea and air -…
Whether you're a parent, teacher, or young adventurer, this book is an ideal gift to…
EL NÚMERO SIETE ES LA EXPRESIÓN de algunas realidades naturales que nos rodean: las notas…
Mental Mountains is more than a story of Everest, it's the start of a dream.…
On May 6, 2014 Ryan Waters accomplished something that has not been replicated since. He…
At age 16 Chris Kopczynski carved the words “Everest/Eiger” into the handle of his ice…
“En este hermoso diario, mi querido amigo Paco Monedero nos traslada a una de sus…
In 2006 Kit DesLauriers made history by becoming the first person to climb--and then ski--from…
Our note:Ridgeway wrote Seven Summits with Bass and Wells and was on the Everest and Vinson climbs. This is his own life: K2, Patagonia, and what came after.
« J’avais peur de la Hillary Step, la partie la plus difficile de l’Everest. Je…
At the age of 16, Chris Kopczynski carved into his ice axe handle: Everest/Eiger, setting…
Feature documentary (Believe Limited, dir. Patrick James Lynch) following Chris Bombardier, the first person with…
Homme de famille et homme d’affaires, Bruno Rodi a aussi le voyage dans le sang.…
ABENTEUER SEVEN SUMMITS - Helga Hengge hat als erste deutsche Frau die Seven Summits bestiegen.…
In his autobiography, Pat Falvey – one of Ireland’s most prolific adventurers – tells the…
'A raw and honest account. In Search of Sisu touches on key elements of human…
El primer chileno en escalar las cumbres más altas de cada continente narra sus increíbles…
A collection of personal stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei, the…
Most of us can watch an old episode of the holiday programme Wish You Were…
Dreams of a Refugee tells Mostafa's remarkable story, one of extraordinary faith and positivity. His…
Pakistani documentary directed by Jawad Sharif, produced/written by her brother Mirza Ali Baig (Bipolar Films).…
Funny, entertaining, educational and inspiring especially for adventurers who don't have a lot of extra…
Two experts who have summited the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents--and scaled…
Et helt unikt friluftsliv! Cecilie Skog er en av verdens fremste kvinnelige eventyrere. Hun er…
Gerry Roach's quest for the Seven Summits spanned four decades and went far beyond the…
L'aventurier et alpiniste François-Guy Thivierge est un des rares êtres humains à avoir gravi les…
¿Quién no se ha encontrado en la disyuntiva de abandonar sus sueños y cambiar de…
7 lat, 7 szczytów, 7 kontynentów, czyli projekt "Korona Ziemi" Martyny Wojciechowskiej. A wszystko zaczęło…
7 Summits: A Nurse's Quest to Conquer Mountaineering and Life tells the story of how…
In four years, Parfet accomplished what very few people had done before--he climbed the highest…
18 år gammel bestemte Randi Skaug seg for å en gang stå på toppen av…
Pat Falvey is Ireland's best-known mountaineer-cum-adventurer. This book describes his climbs on the major peaks…
Ian McKeever's account of climbing the highest point on each continent inside a single stretch,…
Documentary following Asturian climber Rosa Fernández — the first Spanish woman to complete the Seven…
"Having faced death head on, we wanted no regrets. It was time to go". In…
Sean Wisedale is the first South African to achieve the 'Seven Summits' a unique mountaineering…
Europa, Asia, África, las dos Américas, Oceanía y la Antártida son los siete continentes cuyas…
Khoo Swee Chiow is the first Southeast Asian and fourth in the world to complete…
Colin Monteath's “Hall & Ball, Kiwi Mountaineers” is a personal memoir of two of New…
Première Française au sommet de l'Everest et du Gasherbraum, première femme au sommet de l'Hidden…
Jakta på Seven Summits er ikkje berre ei bok om fjell. Det er historia om…
Skills, training & medicine for any mountain
Not about this peak, but you will want them on it. A short selection; the Library holds the rest.
In Get a Grip, climbing coach Louis Parkinson and psychotherapist Joel Robertson draw on their…
Our note:Nobody teaches descending, and it is where most of the accidents are. Kirkpatrick's manual on rappelling, downclimbing and getting off a mountain in bad weather.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell Limits are an illusion: discover…
Our note:Denali, Vinson, Elbrus and the Everest icefall are all glacier travel. This is the short, drawn, memorable version of the skills; practise them on a rope before you need them.
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