Mountaineering and climbing gifts

The best-selling, nail-biting, heart-breaking non-fiction classic of adventure, Touching the Void, tells the harrowing true story of Joe Simpson's mountaineering expedition in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, achieved what many thought impossible by reaching the summit of the remote and treacherous Siula Grande in June 1995. However, their triumph quickly turned into a nightmare...

Born Maori (Ngatikahungunu), raised Pakeha, Kim Rangiaonui Logan's father was commander in D Company, 8th Maori Battalion, but returned from war a damaged man, unable to cope with his children. But this is no misery memoir. Kim climbed away, literally - Everest, Aorangi Mt Cook, anywhere, to love and contentment, and in the process reconnected with his Whakapapa. Now living...

Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls is an exhilarating memoir that takes readers into the heart of adventure and survival. More than just a chronicle of one man’s pursuit of extreme challenges, this book delves deeply into the spirit of unwavering perseverance and the thrill of pushing one's limits. Bear Grylls shares his journey from a little boy with...

View From The Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary is an enthralling autobiographical account of one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers. This mesmerising narrative transports readers on an extraordinary journey through Hillary’s life, from his historic ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 to his myriad other daring adventures. The book delves deeply into Hillary's unparalleled journey as the first man...

A heartstopping story of friendship, thrill-seeking and defying expectations—the explosive second novel from the bestselling author of My Absolute Darling. Dan and Tamma are two Californian teenagers growing up dirt poor in the shadows of the Joshua Tree National Park, one of the world's great rock climbing meccas. Their mothers had once been teenage waitresses and best friends until their...

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know by Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a riveting autobiography capturing the life and adventures of one of the world's most intrepid explorers. Renowned for his insatiable curiosity and relentless pursuit of the boundaries of human endurance, Fiennes has journeyed to the most perilous and remote places on the globe. His experiences span the gamut from...

Alex Honnold is one of the world's best 'free solo' climbers; he scales impossible rock faces without ropes, pitons or any support of any kind. Exhilarating, brilliant and dangerous, there is a purity to Alex's climbs that is easy to comprehend, but also impossible to fathom; in the last forty years, only a handful of climbers have pushed themselves as...

One afternoon, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full-time job. As she ranged from Arthur's Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to the Ruahine Range and Fiordland, she...

What lies off-track in Tongariro National Park? This engrossing book contains stories of ghosts, fires, avalanches, plane wrecks, sly grogging, secret spots, and more from around Ngauruhoe, Tongariro, and Ruapehu—a place of wild and chaotic grandeur. This well-illustrated and lively exploration of the history of Ruapehu is told by a self-confessed 'Ruapehu addict' who has an uncanny talent for persuading...

Sixty years ago, New Zealand's greatest adventurer, Edmund Hillary, made world history with his ascent of Mt Everest. This intimate and inspiring book tells the full story of Sir Edmund Hillary's extraordinary life, from his expeditions to remote corners of the world to his humanitarian activities serving the Sherpa people. Drawing on Sir Ed's personal archives, it is a portrait...

Geoff Spearpoint is a legend among New Zealand's tramping and mountaineering community. For over 50 years, he has been undertaking many long, adventurous trips in the Southern Alps every year, decade after decade. These trips, usually a mix of both tramping and mountaineering, have made Spearpoint New Zealand's foremost exponent of what is best described as trans-alpine tramping. In The...

From the 1870s, a generation of bold women made mountaineering history around Aoraki Mount Cook. They claimed space in the mountains, defying conventions and forging a legacy that shaped every woman who followed. Then their stories were quietly erased. Drawing on scattered records, oral histories and forgotten stories, Great Hearts resurrects their extraordinary achievements, blending nonfiction with reimagined fiction in...

Specifications: A 6-1/2-inch rock climbing "wall" with base, featuring 15 rearrangeable holds to create different paths, available in three different colours. Includes one pair of rock climbing shoes for your fingers. Illustrated mini book: Comes with a 32-page, 2x3-inch miniature book offering a brief history of the sport, along with common terminology, and basic do's and don'ts. Unique gift: This...

Little climbers, campers, sailors, and adventurers alike will become knot-tying pros with Speedy Knots. Little climbers, campers, sailors, and adventurers alike will become knot-tying pros with Speedy Knots.This visual guide answers all of your knot-tying questions. Simple, straightforward language makes it easy to master the basics without getting tied up. Knot tying is a fundamental skill that will help your...

Leo Houlding started climbing at ten years of age in the Lake District and was the youngest person (and first Briton) to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the United States at eighteen years, which cemented his reputation. He has since gone on to summit the world's toughest peaks and explore the most extreme places on our...

Climbing Days is a captivating autobiographical account by Dorothy Pilley, chronicling her pioneering journey as a female mountaineer in the early 20th century. This compelling book unveils the adventurous spirit of Dorothy, who, beginning her climbing career in the 1910s, defied societal expectations and carved a path for future generations of women in the sport. When Dorothy first embraced the...

Fiordland is New Zealand’s largest wilderness – a vast maze of mountains, sheer-sided valleys, dense forest, and dauntingly high rainfall. Consequently, it presents some of the most challenging tramping and transalpine terrain in this country. These challenges did not deter Grant Dixon and Ian Brown, two hardened adventurers who, over decades traversed the length of Fiordland, almost always off -track...

Haunting and searingly beautiful, Erebus has attracted explorers, mountaineers, artists, and scientists; each drawn to the mountain by their own particular vision or curiosity. The mountain is a truly unique geological phenomenon — an active volcano sheathed in ice, with hundreds of ice caves, steaming towers 6 metres high around its summit, and a lava lake. Also, in the minds...

This remarkable story of Bill McLeod, legendary New Zealand mountaineer, is written by Ross Cullen with Pip Lynch. Bill McLeod did not start mountaineering until he was thirty, when he moved to New Zealand in 1978. With an instinct for adventure and a fierce determination he taught himself to climb, and over the next 25 years became one of this...

Anima, by the award-winning writer Kapka Kassabova, is a spellbinding journey into the heart of Europe's last moving pastoralists. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Pirin Mountains, this poignant narrative explores the lives of shepherds who still follow the ancient rhythms of transhumance—moving with their grazing animals in search of seasonal pastures. For thousands of years, humans and grazing...