I much prefer "Abstieg zum Erfolg", "Bergsüchtig" (Hans Kammerlander) and "Der n...

susi22 on April 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sherpas, Death, and Anger on Everest

I much prefer "Abstieg zum Erfolg", "Bergsüchtig" (Hans Kammerlander) and "Der nackte Berg: Nanga Parbat" (Reinhold Messner). They explain very well what you have to go through and what they did to climb in alpine style. Though, they're in German and I don't think there is an English translation form them. (Looks like Messner has some in English like "All Fourteen 8,000ers")

Best of them was probably "Abstieg zum Erfolg".

waterlesscloud on April 24, 2014 [–]

Many of Messner's books are in English. http://www.amazon.com/Reinhold-Messner/e/B000APEVL4/