Books & films — Elbrus
The guidebooks, expedition accounts and films worth your time before Elbrus.
Plan the climb
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…
The Caucasus Range, east of the Black Sea on the boundary between Europe and Asia,…
Read the mountain
Einmal ganz hoch hinaus und die Welt aus einer anderen Perspektive sehen - das ist…
Our note:Romero finished the seven at fifteen. Written for young readers, and the honest place to start a teenager who has asked whether they could do it.
The highest and one of the deadliest mountains in Europe, Elbrus attracts adventure travelers of…
World-famous mountaineer Scott Devlon is sent to observe an EU-sponsored conference in southern Russia. This…
Mummery was an expert rock-climber and alpinist who made many important climbs in the Mont…
The British mountaineer Wilfrid Noyce once said the sport of mountaineering has no rules and…
Elbrus, the highest point in Europe. It's an 18,500' high volcano in the Russian Caucasus…
The Seven Summits are the seven highest peaks on the seven continents. Mount Elbrus at…
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…
There are seven summits that have captured man's imagination since they were first climbed in…
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…
If there's an adventure to be had, it's likely that David Hempleman-Adams has been there…
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:The textbook. Every guide you will ever climb with learned from an edition of it, and every skill the 7 summits need (crampons, rope, crevasses, altitude, weather) has a chapter. Buy the current edition, read it twice.
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