Have you read about it?

Some path we don’t know were they lead, as when we for example a new book read. So today it will be about book, and suggestions for how you can spend some hours in front of the bonfire with a good cup of coffee.

The first suggestion of mine will be The Mountaineers: great tales of bravery by the Royal Geographical society. The book features fact files for over 100 famous mountaineers and stunning photography of the mountains they scaled, and contains rare artefacts that were found on their journeys, previously unpublished photographs, and specially commissioned route maps to recreate history’s greatest ascents. Mountaineers: Great tales of bravery and conquest: Royal Geographical Society, The Alpine Club: 9780241298800: Amazon.com: Books.

I also can suggest The Soldier: Respect is earned by Jay Morton. This guy got four years in the Parachute regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits in his CV. So here you will be involved in how to develop the physical and mental endurance and resilience.

And when it come to mountaineering technique I will suggest this two books: Climbing self rescue: Improvising Solution for serious situations. This book will includes fall on rock, glaciers etc. knots and emergency procedures. Helicopter support and also 29 different rescue scenarios. The second one will be UIAA Alpine skills: Summer. With its 340 slides with developing information for a mountaineerer it will be a good investment.

When it comes to books from the nordic mountains I will suggest Fjall i akvarell by Gunnel Lundholm. This contains paintings from a tour in Kebnekasie area and also a winter tour in Oviksmountains of Jamtland. Alf R Jacobsens Angrepp i Gryningen is a book about the battle of Narvik i Norway in April 1940. With Alf’s present way of telling, this book in very good.