References and Bibliography.

The items below are the reference material used and are referred to in the Climber List and Climber details.

  • For Books:
    • I have included an image of the book to help identify the actual edition used,
    • and a link to where the book can be bought, although this may not be the same edition as I used because it may be out of print.
  • For websites:
    • I have included a link to the site, but the actual article may need to be searched for,
    • As with all websites, they may come and go, depending on the owner.  They were valid when I did the research but may not be valid now.
    • I have indicated here, when I discover the site is no longer available.

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002. "Everest The Hard Way".
Chris Bonington[P00130]
Arrow Books, 1977, (first published Hodder and Stoughton, 1976). ISBN10:0099159406, ISBN13:9780099159407

003. "Seven Years in Tibet".
Heinrich Harrer[P00182]. Translated from the German by Richard Graves[P03757].
Harper Perennial 2005, (first published by Rupert Hart-Davis 1953). ISBN10:0586087079, ISBN13:9780586087077
Not really a climbing book, but a fascinating description of life in Tibet in the late 1940s and 1950s

004. "The White Spider".
Heinrich Harrer[P00182]. Translated from the German by Hugh Merrick[P00559] with additional chapters by Heinrich Harrer[P00182] and Kurt Maix[P00328]. Introduction by Joe Simpson[P00598].
Harper Perennial 2005, (first published by Rupert Hart-Davis 1959). ISBN10:0007197845, ISBN13:9780007197842
The best book on the adventure of climbing the Eiger. This is not a litany of disaster and wasted lives, but rather a roll call of endeavour and outstanding achievement. Buy several copies and give them to friends and visitors since it is a book about humanity as much as it is about mountaineering

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012. "Climbing Everest: tales of triumph and tragedy on the world's highest mountain".
Audrey Salkeld[P00590]
National Geographical Society, 2003. ISBN10:0792251059, ISBN:9780792251057
A light, easy to read book with some superb pictures, describes some of the key events in climbing Everest.

013. "Die Grossen Wände". Translated as: "The Big Walls, from the North Face of the Eiger to the South Face of Dhaulagiri".
Reinhold Messner[P00345] translated by Tim Carruthers[P03235]
Crowood, 2001. ISBN10:1861264674, ISBN:9781861264671

014. "Defying Gravity: high adventure on Yosemite's walls".
Gary Arce[P02509]
Wilderness Press 1996, (first published 1996). ISBN10:0899971857, ISBN13:9780899971858

015. "To the top. The story of Everest."
Stephen Venables[P00625]
Walker Books, 2003. ISBN10:0744586623, ISBN13:9780744586626

016. "Higher than the Eagle Soars, a path to Everest".
Stephen Venables[P00625]
Hutchinson - Random House, 2007. ISBN10:0091795613, ISBN13:9780091795610

017. "The Games Climbers Play".
Ken Wilson[P01928] (compiler)
Bâton Wicks, 2000. ISBN10:1898573654, ISBN13:9781898573654

018. "Eiger Dreams".
Jon Krakauer[P00541]
Pan, 1998, ISBN10:0330370006 ISBN13:9780330370004

019. "Touching My Father's Soul, In the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay".
Jamling Tenzing Norgay[P01228]
Random House, 2001. ISBN10:0091884675, ISBN13:9780091884673

020. "This Game of Ghosts".
Joe Simpson[P00598]
Vintage 2007, (first published Johnathan Cape Ltd. 1993) ISBN10:0099380110, ISBN13:9780099380115

021. "Learning to Breathe".
Andy Cave[P02510]
Arrow Books 2005, (first published Hutchinson 2005). ISBN10:009947266X, ISBN13:9780099472667

022. "Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination".
Robert Macfarlane[P02518]
Granta 2005, (first published Granta 2004) ISBN10:1862076545, ISBN13:9781862076549

023. "Don Whillans Portrait of a Mountaineer".
Don Whillans[P00047] and Alick Ormerod[P02520]
Penguin, 1973. ISBN10:014003627X, ISBN13:9780140036275

024. "The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans".
Jim Perrin[P01260]
Arrow, 2005. ISBN10:0099416727, ISBN13:9780099416722

025. "The Hard Years".
Joe Brown[P01042]
Phoenix 2001, (first published Victor Gollancz Ltd 1967) ISBN13:9780753812662

026. "High Adventure".
Edmund Hillary[P00090]
The Companion Book Club 1956 (first published Hodder and Stoughton).

Tim Macartney-Snape Web Site

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Austrian Mountaineers

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List of Climbers

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031. "Storms of Silence".
Joe Simpson[P00598]
Vintage, 1997. ISBN10:0099578115, ISBN13:9780099578116

British Everest Summiteers

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Deaths on 8,000ers

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Deaths May 2006

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British Mount Everest 1922

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British Mount Everest 1924

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EverestHistory.com
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043. "The Beckoning Silence".
Joe Simpson[P00598]
Vintage, 2003. ISBN10:0099422433, ISBN13:9780099422433

044. "Dark Shadows Falling".
Joe Simpson[P00598]
Vintage, 1997. ISBN10:0099756110, ISBN13:9780099756118

045. "Storms of Silence".
Joe Simpson[P00598]
Vintage, 2007. ISBN13:9780099578116

046. "Tomaž Humar."
Bernadette McDonald[P00598]
Arrow Books, 2009. ISBN10:0099505096, ISBN13:9780099505099

047. "Shipton and Tilman: The Great Decade of Himalayan Exploration."
Jim Perrin[P01260]
Arrow Books, 2014. ISBN10:0099505088, ISBN13:9780099505082

048. "The Mammoth Book of On the Edge."
Jon E Lewis[P01260]
Robinson 2009 (first published Constable and Robinson as “The Mammoth Book of Climbing Adventures” 2001 and “The Mammoth Book of the Edge” 2003). ISBN13:9781845299248

049. "Into Thin Air."
Jon Krakaur[P00541].
Pan Books 1998, (first published by Macmillan 1997). ISBN13:9780330353977

054. "The Mountains of My Life."
Walter Bonatti[P00129]
Penguin, Jul 2010. ISBN10:0141192917, ISBN13:9780141192918

055. "Everest 1953 The Epic Story of the first Ascent."
Mick Conefrey[P02517]
Oneworld Book, Dec 2013. ISBN10:0780742304, ISBN13:9781780742304

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