Offers an insight into the history of the various national parks of Britain. This book provides advice and tips on what to see and do. It also includes maps of the featured parks.

An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book

When Chris Bonington and his team set out to climb the South West face of Everest they were attempting the ultimate challenge of mountaineering - to conquer the steepest and highest face in the world. This text provides an account of their experiences during the climb.

Features 25 members of the Outdoor Writer' Guild celebrating their favourite wild places of the British Isles in words and pictures, ranging from remote coastal islands to special places in Sussex and Suffolk, from unknown hills to famous mountains, from standing stones to forest glades. This book includes 130 colour photographs.

Chris Bonington's photographic autobiography.

Explores not only the nature of extreme conditions such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but also the structure and properties of a gentle shower; and the formation of clouds and the effects of their distribution around the globe. This book tracks each weather system from its origins to its effects.

Takes the reader inside the weather as we experience it, from the outer atmosphere to under an umbrella. This work explores not only the nature of extreme conditions such as hurricanes and tornadoes, but also such things as the structure and properties of a gentle shower, the Aurora Borealis and Australis, and the true nature of the rainbow.

The story of the Snowdonia National Park and the Society, dedicated to conserving and enhancing its unique landscape, is one which will fascinate and inform those who live and work within it as well as being of interest to visitors. Commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Snowdonia Society and is a record of its sometimes turbulent history.

Chris Bonington, Britain's greatest living climber, celebrates in words and pictures the 50th anniversary of the conquest of the world's highest mountain.

Offers a chance to understand the development of climbing, and the stories of those who wrote their names into mountaineering history. This book tells the story of those who have risked their lives to follow their love of climbing, and be the first to break new ground. It covers almost every main mountain range in the world.

Features landmark mountaineering events. This title contains picture autobiographies. It illustrates the splendour of the approach, the interesting communities and characters met 'en route' and, once at the mountain, the spectacle and the real nitty-gritty of big time mountaineering.

Provides accounts of some of the greatest feats of human endurance, several tales and facts about some of Earth's most interesting mountains. Detailed information on location, height, attempts and history are accompanied by photography and the accounts of those who have lived their lives in the shadows of these towering pinnacles.

This autobiography offers a glimpse into the mind of Tom Patey, a man whose contributed greatly to modern climbing. He took part in the four-man 1956 British expedition to climb the 28,800-foot Mustagh Tower - a mountain that many people regarded as unclimbable; they conquered it.

Abused by her father, bullied at school and neglected by her mother, Lynn Grocott's childhood was a waking nightmare. This title presents the true story of one woman's courage in the face of a life full of pain. It reminds us all that we have the power to emerge from life's darkest challenges as stronger and happier human beings.

Mick Fowler - Britain's most successful exponent of lightweight mountaineering in the greater ranges describes his international climbs - an important book recording several historic ascents. Climbs include Aksu in Kirgistan, Taweche in Nepal, Changabang in India, Arwa Tower in India, Mount Kennedy in Alaska and Siguniang in China - the latter received international acclaim and was awarded the ...