The Devils Thumb / Jon Krakauer -- from Thin air: Encounters in the Himalayas / Greg Child -- from Everest: Alone at the Summit / Stephen Venables -- Dangerous liaisons / John Climaco -- from Savage arena / Joe Tasker -- from The shining mountain / Peter Boardman -- from The snow leopard / Peter Matthiessen -- from Minus 148: The winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson -- from The mountain of my fear / David Roberts -- from Everest: The West Ridge / Tom Hornbein -- from K2: The savage mountain / Robert Bates and Charles Houston -- from Annapurna / Maurice Herzog -- from Nanda Devi / Eric Shipton -- from The ascent of Nanda Devi / H.W. Tilman -- from Endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage / Alfred Lansing.