Climbing Books

Andy Kirkpatrick is one of the funniest of Britain’s top climbers and represents what is best in modern climbing: boldness, innovation, sense of humour, commitment, and an appetite for risk. The author has climbed some of the hardest routes in the Alps and has mountaineered around the world, including Patagonia in winter - here he has written a challenging autobiography, the centrepiece of which is his famed thirteen-day solo ascent of Reticent Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite.

The How to Big Wall Climb book is the first step by step guide to aid climbing, it will take you from a complete beginner to someone who can aid El Cap. This book is easy to follow and simply laid out, it will help you build your skills step by step providing you with lots of useful information that will help you in your climbing life. If you have been thinking of learning to aid climb and fancy getting on some big walls then this guide will be an essential teacher.

Let My People Go Surfing is a book written by the founder and owner of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard. Today Patagonia is one of the most famous and popular outdoor clothing brands in the world. This book covers the journey that Yvon Chouinard went on to create Patagonia whilst, challenging the culture of consumption that is a major player in the global ecological crisis, and creating incredible products that are sustainably made.

One climber's hard road to freedom (by Nick Bullock).

Top sport-climber, brilliant competitor and a pioneer in the new game of bouldering, Moffatt’s story is that of climbing itself in the last thirty years.