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An exhilarating and harrowing journey into the thin air of the world's most unforgiving peaks. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Eiger Dreams.
- exhilarating
- tense
- majestic
- perilous
- 01
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer · 1997
A harrowing, breathless descent into the deadly consequences of human hubris at the top of the world.
- 02
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer · 1996
A haunting, investigative journey into the heart of American wanderlust and the fatal price of absolute freedom.
- 03
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston
A visceral, ticking-clock descent into the ultimate test of human endurance and the agonizing price of survival.
- 04
Peak
Roland Smith
A breathless, freezing ascent into the clouds that tests the limits of human endurance and the true meaning of family.
- 05
Touching the void
Joe Simpson
A terrifying, frostbitten descent into the absolute limits of human endurance and the agonizing will to survive.
- 06
Alone on the wall
Alex Honnold
A white-knuckle descent into the mind of a man who treats the absolute edge of human survival as a casual day at the office.
- 07
The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen · 1979
A haunting, meditative trek through the high mountains that strips away the ego to reveal the quiet majesty of the present moment.
- 08
Dead Mountain
Donnie Eichar
A chilling, obsessive descent into one of history's most haunting frozen mysteries.
- 09
Weisse Spinne
Heinrich Harrer · 1960
A harrowing, frostbitten chronicle of human ambition pitted against an unforgiving vertical world.
- 10
A Tramp Abroad
Mark Twain
A delightfully aimless and sharply witty stroll through Europe with a narrator who finds everything equally fascinating and ridiculous.
- 11
Paths of Glory
Jeffrey Archer · 2009
A sweeping historical journey into the heart of human ambition and the enduring mysteries of unproven triumphs.
- 12
No Summit out of Sight
Jordan Romero
An exhilarating, globe-trotting true adventure about pushing past limits and standing on top of the world.
