Cocuy Sniffing in Colombia: Walking one of South America's classic treks    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 16370 words. Language: British English. Published on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell sets out to trek and climb in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, an area which was previously a stronghold of drug funded guerrillas who would have regarded a climber, especially a foreign one, as easy ransom money. What he finds is a green and pleasant land of mountains, lakes and glaciers which belie Colombia's reputation as a den of terrorism. This is the diary of his journey.

Virgin Conquests: First Ascents in Ladakh    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 18290 words. Language: British English. Published on March 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell sets out with a new group of companions from Leh in northern India, near the banks of the Indus and surrounded by mountains, across the Khardung La, to spend two weeks trekking in a remote valley near the Pakistani border. His objective is to explore the region and find an unclimbed Himalayan peak to climb. This is the diary of his journey.

The Mountains of Central Montenegro    by Zeljko Mussovich
Price: $1.99 USD. 9800 words. Language: English. Published on March 17, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
This guide-book for mountaineers is a result of 25 years of climbing experience. It includes descriptions of 40 routes to the peaks and mountains of central Montenegro, a beautiful small country in south-eastern Europe. 73 photographs and 28 maps (road map included). All the tours can be done as one-day trips, with minimal equipment required. PDF recommended.

Macizo de la Pica d'Estats    by Miquel J Pavón Besalú
Price: $3.00 USD. 6640 words. Language: Spanish. Published on February 7, 2013. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Hiking.
Guía explicativa de las diferentes posibles ascensiones a los picos del macizo de la Pica d'Estats que superan los 3000 metros junto con las referencias de los refugios de la zona y todos los datos GPS.

Volcanic Activity: Climbing Mexico's volcanoes    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 13250 words. Language: British English. Published on December 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Many people don't know that it's possible to go mountaineering in Mexico, on a chain of volcanoes dotting the central plateau for 100km from Mexico City to Orizaba. The mountains are few and far between, with a great sense of space at the summit, and views to the far horizon. This is the story of Mark Horrell's journey in Mexico's Cordillera Neovolcanica.

In the Footsteps of Whymper: Climbing Ecuador's volcanoes    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 17460 words. Language: British English. Published on December 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
This is the story of Mark Horrell's journey in the highlands of Ecuador following in the footsteps of the Victorian mountaineer Edward Whymper, who is best-known for making the very first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. In 1879 he made first ascents of nearly all of Ecuador's highest mountains, and Mark was determined to find out more by climbing some of them himself.

The True Peruvian Route: An ascent of Aconcagua, South America's highest mountain    by Mark Horrell
Price: $0.99 USD. 15920 words. Language: British English. Published on December 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
Mark Horrell was privileged to climb Aconcagua with a man who had climbed the mountain more times than any other, and who had discovered one of its main routes. It soon became clear that you don't get a record like that unless you really care about getting to the top every time you set foot on the mountain. This is the story of their climb.

Climbing Colorado's Fourteeners    by David Barth
Price: $2.99 USD. 15790 words. Language: English. Published on December 5, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
This is a collection of stories documenting ascents of 14,000 foot Mountains in Colorado during the 1960s and 1970s.

A Furious Exaltation    by Ronan Frost
Price: Free! 8100 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2012. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Mountaineering.
If you bite off more than you can chew, chew hard! This is a true story of a trip that put me in way over my head and out of my comfort zone; the experience of a day in the high peaks of the New Zealand Alps that has changed the way I think about life.