$24.95

Classic Climbs in the Caucasus

by Friedrich Bender

In this guide Friedrich Bender has chosen eighty of the finest routes from his five definitive guides. The climbing is much like the Alps but generally pitched at a higher altitude with longer itineraries. The mountains offer a full range of difficulty and type with high-altitude excursions on snow up peaks Elbrus and Kazbek, classic ridge traverses, and grandes courses on rock and ice on challenging peaks like Ushba, Pik Shchurovsky, Shkhelda and those of the Bezingi Wall.

The guide, illustrated with many maps, topos and photographs, gives information on the best approaches, bivouac sites, character of peaks and difficulty of ascents. It is the first source of detailed mountaineering information to be published in English for many years.

Mount Elbrus - Trekking and Climbing

Caucasus: Mount Elbruz Guide and Map Published by West Col Productions

Includes a 62-page booklet describing routes in the Mount Elbruz region, Baksan Basin and Ingur Valley, and an orographic trekking map, scale 1: 80,000.

Approx Price:  $25.81 (Out of Print)

On the Edge of Europe by Audrey Salkeld

Anthology of writings by those who led some of the most impressive expeditions in Europe's most difficult mountains. Includes history of German, Austrian, and Russian mountaineering in the Caucasus.

Approx Price: $13.95 (Out of Print)

Trekking in Russia and Central Asia

This is the first guide to present all the how-to's and where-to's for adventures through the once-forbidden former Soviet Union. It details 50 trekking experiences, from easy hikes through Crimea to climbing in the Caucasus.

Approx Price: TBD (Out of print)

Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan - Lonely Planet

by Neil Wilson, David Rowson, Keti Rowson & Beth Potter

Whether you’re trekking in the mountains or enjoying traditional wine-soaked hospitality, this guide offers essential inside information on a region still refreshingly free of tourists.

Aprox Price: $16.99

Summit: Vittorio Sella by Paul Kallmes & Wendy Watson

Vittorio Sella climbed some of the world's most mysterious, perilous peaks and photographed them, many for the first time. Through Sella's images, we can witness the grandeur of the world's greatest peaks.

Approx Price: TBD (Out of Print)

Seven Summits by Bass & Wells with Rick Ridgeway

Frank Wells was the head of a major motion picture-studio. Dick Bass had made his fortune as an energy and resort entrepreneur. The challenge: be the first to climb the highest mountain on each of seven continents.

Approx Price: $10.87

Climbing - General

Mountaineering - Freedom of the Hills Edited by Steven M. Cox and Kris Fulsaas

The more than forty contributors to Freedom 7 are all active climbers who regularly use and teach the skills about which they write. It is the resource trusted by climbers the world over. Best selling mountaineering book of all time; more than 500,000 copies sold.

Approx Price: $19.77

Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue by Andy Selters

An essential tool for mountaineers: understand glaciers and how to cross them; crevasses and how to rescue crevasse victims.

Approx Price: $12.89

Snow Sense by Jill A. Fredston, Doug Fesler

A comprehensive guide to evaluating avalanche hazards and choosing safe routes; includes avalanche rescue information.

Approx Price: $8.95

A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine by Eric Weiss

Handy pocket size guide to wilderness and travel medicine provides comprehensive and current first aid techniques for the outdoors.

Approx Price: $6.95 (Out of print)

Altitude Illness: Prevention & Treatment by Stephen Bezruchka

A pocket reference to both preventing and the treatment of altitude sickness. Travelers to high altitudes will devour this little book, dedicated "To all those who have died of altitude sickness."

Approx Price: $8.95