The Mountaineers Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills:
An essential reference volume in any mountaineering library, this fully updated 6th edition offers good solid technical advice on nearly any diverse aspect of mountaineering. A remarkable compilation of information with a list of contributing writers that reads like a Who's Who of mountaineers and backcountry educators.

• Best-selling mountaineering book of all time (over 500,000 copies sold)
• Completely rewritten new edition reflects current techniques and equipment
• More than 100 new illustrations
• New section on the mountain environment (geology, cycle of snow, weather)