Summit to Read

Our list making exploits reach new peaks with this gathering of some of the finest accounts of mountaineering expedition as well as other books that contemplate the majesty of mountains – the awe they inspire, the competitive spirit they engender and, simply, what it is to climb to them. Honourable must also go to the superb, and superbly named, “Conquistadors of the Useless” by Lionel Terray which would be first on this list were it not currently – outrageously – out of circulation. No doubt it will rise again.