Back in the summer of 2012 Sandy Alan and Rick Allen, both in their late fifties, set out with a team of climbers to attempt the first ascent of Nanga Parbat's ten-kilometre Mazeno Ridge.

‘Every generation has a climber that sets standards – Mick Fowler is one of those people.’ – Kenton Cool

Unknown Pleasures is the collected works of Andy Kirkpatrick – award-winning author, master storyteller and climbing addict.

This extract tells the little-known story of Simon’s rescue when he was stuck by the onset of cerebral oedema just below the summit of Denali.

In this extract from Beyond Limits Steve looks back on his college days when he climbed Magic in the Air, in the North York Moors, his first E5.

John Porter’s award-winning memoir of his friend Alex McIntryre shows mountaineering at its extraordinary best and tragic worst.

Forty years following Doug Scott and Chris Bonington’s death-defying first ascent of the Ogre, Doug finally reveals the whole truth behind their epic fight for survival.

Seventeen years after Simon Yates and Joe Simpson's perilous journey up the West Face of Siula Grande, Simon was asked to relive their near-fatal climb for the making of Touching the Void.

Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka, by Bernadette McDonald, is the profound and moving biography of one of the international climbing world’s most respected characters.

In this extract from Edmund Hillary – A Biography, author Michael Gill relates the story of Mallory and Irvine.

Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by nature and wild places.

While we're inside for the foreseeable, we've put together snippets, clips and extracts from some of our most popular books.