The following is a list of the books currently held in the Club Library. These books are available to any club member to borrow. If you wish to borrow any book please contact P.R.O. at comeraghmountaineeringclub@gmail.com.
Downloadable pdf version of list is here
Title | Author |
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The Weather Guide | A.G. Forsdyke |
Essential - Madeira | AA Guide |
A Guide to The Comeragh Mountains | Adrian Bailey |
The Dingle, Iveragh and Beara Peninsulas - A Walking Guide | Adrian Hendroff |
Mountaineering - From Hill Walking to Alpine Climbing | Alan Blackshaw |
Mountaineering from Hill Walking to Alpine Climbing | Alan Blackshaw |
Nothing Ventured - Disabled People Travel the World | Alison Walsh |
Disaster in the Air | Andrew Brookes |
Walking Guide to the Tour of Mont Blanc | Andrew Harper |
Learning to Breathe - FromDdepths of the Pit to the Roof of the World - an Extraordinary Odyssey | Andy Cave |
Start Canoeing | Anne Williams and Debbie Piercey |
Wilderness | Anthony Smith |
Between A Rock and A Hard Place | Aron Ralston |
Minus 140 Degrees (First Winter Ascent of Mt. Mckinley) | Art Davidson |
World Climbing | Based on Mountain Magazine |
Facing Up - A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest | Bear Grylls |
Left for Dead - My Journey Home from Everest | Beck Weathers with Stephen G. Michaud |
Modern Rope Techniques in Mountaineering | Bill March |
Modern Snow & Ice Techniques | Bill March |
Safety on Mountains | BMC |
Knots Booklet | BMC |
KTG Know the Game - Rock Climbing | BMC |
Crampons | BMC |
How to Survive | Brian Hildreth |
The Winters of the World - Earth under the Ice Ages | Brian S. John |
"Let's Go Climbing!" | C.F. Kirkus |
North Ice - The Story of the Brithish North Greenland Expedition | C.J.W. Simpson |
The Munro Almanac | Cameron McNeish |
The Munros - Scotland's Highest Mountains | Cameron McNeish |
The Edge - One Hundred Years of Scottish Mountaineering | Cameron McNeish and Richard Else |
Everest | Charles Clarke |
Everest The Hard Way | Chris Bonington |
The Next Horizon | Chris Bonington |
Quest for Adventure | Chris Bonington |
Everest South West Face | Chris Bonington |
Annapurna South Face | Chris Bonington |
Quest for Adventure - Remarkable Feats of Exploration and Adventure 1950 - 2000 | Chris Bonnington |
Everest | Chris Bonnington |
Kongur - China's Elusive Summit | Chris Bonnington |
I Chose to Climb | Chris Bonnington |
Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge | Chris Bonnington and Charles Clarke |
Climbing in North America | Chris Jones |
Fifty Places to Hike before You die | Chris Santella |
Irish Wheel Guides - Dublin & North Wicklow | Christopher Moriarty |
Walking in Ireland - 50 Walks Through the Heart and Soul of Ireland | Christopher Somerville |
Summits for All - The French Alps - 100 Easy Mountains for Walkers | Cordee |
Ireland: Presences | Daniel Kaufman |
High Exposure - An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places | David Breashears |
Trekking in East Africa - Walking Guide (Lonely Planet) | David Else |
Access to the Irish Countryside - A Sad Tale of Ostriches, Mice and Dogs in Mangers | David Herman |
Mountain Weather for Climbers | David J. Unwin |
Mountain Weather - A Practical Guide for Hillwalkers and Climbers in the British Isles | David Pedgley |
Regions of The Heart - The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves | David Rose and Ed Douglas |
Seven Summits | Dick Brass and Frank Wells with Rick Ridgeway |
Eastern Alps- The Classic Routes on the Highest Peaks | Dieter Seibert |
Walk! The Alpujarras with Charles Davis | Discovery Walking Guides |
Portrait of a Mountaineer | Don Whillans |
Bellamy's Ireland - The Wild Boglands | Dr David Bellamy |
Two Years in the Antarctic | E.W. Kevin Walton |
No Need to Die - Real Techniques of Survival | Eddie McGee |
Ropework Book | Edelrid |
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win | Edmund Hillary |
From the Ocean to the Sky | Edmund Hillary |
Race Againts Time | Ellen McArthur |
Scott of the Antarctic | Elspeth Huxley |
Mountain Leadership | Eric Langmuir |
Great Ascents - A Narrative History of Mountaineering | Eric Newby |
No Picnic on Mount Kenya | Felice Benuzzi |
The Alternative Guide to British Rock Climbing | Gill Fawcett |
Total High - My Everest Challenge | Grania Willis |
Nature and Landscape in County Wexford | Guide No. 3 |
Call of the Wild - My Escape to Alaska | Guy Grieve |
Walking in Andalucia - The Best Walks in Southern Spain's Natural Parks (A Santana Guide) | Guy Hunter-Watts |
Space Below My Feeet | Gwen Moffat |
Hamish's Mountain Walk | Hamish Brown |
Scottish Climbs - A Constable Guide | Hamish MacInnes |
The White Spider - The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger | Heinrich Harrer |
Polar Dream - The Heroic Saga of the First Solo Journey by a Woman and Her Dog to the Pole | Helen Thayer |
Backpacking and Trekking in Peru and Bolivia | Hilary Brandt |
Freedm to Roam | Howard Hill |
Highland Folk Ways | I.F. Grant |
South America Overland - From New York to Tierra del Fuego | Ian Finlay and Trish Sheppard |
The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland - A Guide for Mountain Walkers | Irvine Butterfield |
Geology and Scenery in Ireland | J.B. Whittow |
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me | J.M. Bauer |
Leisureguides - Climbing | James Bunting |
Snow Sense - A Guide to Evaluating Snow Avalanche Hazard | Jill A. Fredston and Doug Fesler |
High Achiever - The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington | Jim Curran |
Trango - The Nameless Tower | Jim Curran |
Tramping in New Zealand | Jim DuFresne |
Ghosts of Everest - The Only Authorised Story of the Search for Mallory & Irvine | Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson and Eric R. Simonson |
The Hard Years | Joe Brown |
The Beckoning Silence | Joe Simpson |
Dark Shadows Falling | Joe Simpson |
Tackle Climbing | John Disley |
Tackle Orienteering | John Disley |
The Ascent of Everest | John Hunt |
My Favourite Mountaineering Stories | John Hunt |
Cucumber Sandwiches in the Andes | John Ure |
To The Ends of the Earth - Journeys of the Great Explorers | Jon Balchin |
Soldiers on Everest | Jon fleming and Fonald Faux |
Into the Wild | Jon Krakauer |
Eiger Dreams - Ventures Among Men and Mountains | Jon Krakauer |
Into Thin Air - A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster | Jon Krakauer |
Walking Austria's Alps - Hut to Hut | Jonathan Hurdle |
Irish Mountaineering 1978 | Journal of the Irish Mountaineering Club |
The Race | Karen Holt |
Mountain Adventures | Karl Lukan |
Nanga Parbat | Karl M. Herrligkoffer |
Hitch-Hikers Guide to Europe | Ken Welsh |
The Games Climbers Play - A Selection of 100 Mountaineering Articles | Ken Wilson |
Classic Walks - Mountain and Morland Walks in Britain and Ireland | Ken Wilson and Richard Gilbert |
The Big Walks - Challenging Mountain Walks and Scrambles in the British Isles | Ken Wilson and Richard Gilbert |
Walks and Climbs In the Pyrenees | Kev Reynolds |
Climbing High - A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy | Lene Gammelgaard |
Everest Calling - Ascent of the Dark side: The Mallory - Irvine Ridge | Lorna Siggins |
The Complete Rock Climber | Malcolm Creasey |
Shackleton's Way | Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell |
Great Polar Adventures | Marie Herbert |
California Condensed (Pocket Guide) | Marisa Gierlich |
Extreme Alpinism - Climbing Light, Fast & High | Mark F. Twight and James Martin |
Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher | Mark Houston and Kathy Cosley |
Climbing Fit - The only fitness guide specifically designed for climbers | Martyn Hurn and Pat Ingle |
Annapurna - The Great Adventure of Our Time | Maurice Herzog |
Annapurna - The First 8,000 Metre Peak | Maurice Herzog |
Rock Climbs in Donegal | MCI |
The Way-Marked Trails of Ireland | Michael Fewer |
Mountains | Michael Johnstone |
A Guide to Walks and Scrambles in the Julian Alps. Based on Kranjska Gora | Mike Newbury |
The Avalanche Hunters | Montgomery M. Atwater |
The Last Wilderness - A Journey Across the Great Kalahari Desert | Nicholas Luard |
International Mountain Year 1980 | Nigel Gifford |
The Complete Guide to Rope Techniques | Nigel Shephers |
Discover the Pembrokeshire Coast | Official Guide of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority |
The Mournes Walks | Paddy Dillon |
Collins Rambler's Guide - Connemara | Paddy Dillon |
A Journey to Adventure - Stories I never Thought I'd Tell | Pat Falvey |
Reach for the Sky | Pat Falvey with Dan Collins |
The Summit - How Triumph Turned to Tragedy | Pat Falvey and Pemba Gyalje Sherpa |
On Top of the World | Patricia Petzoldt |
Irish Walks Guides - North West | Patrick Simms and Gerard Foley |
West of Ireland - Walk Guide | Patrick Simms and Tony Whilde |
Around Scotland | Paul Goldfinch |
Encyclopedia of Mountaineering | Penguin Books |
The Mountain Skills Training Handbook | Pete Hill and Stuart Johnston MIC) |
Sacred Summits | Peter Boardman |
Eiger Direct | Peter Gillman & Dougal Haston |
Backpacking | Peter Lumley |
Alive - The Story of the Andes Survivors | Piers Paul Read |
50 Best Routes on Skye and Raasay | Ralph Storer |
Forerunners to Everest - The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952 | Rene Dittert, Gabriel Chevalley, Raymond Lambert |
The New Piccolo Bicycle Book | Richard Ballantine |
Irish Walks Guides - North East | Richard Rogers |
The Way That I Went | Robert Lloyd Praeger |
Survival Sense for Pilots and Passengers | Robert Stoffel and Patrick LaValla |
The Spur Book of Cycle Touring | Robin Adshead |
Rother Walking Guide - Madeira - The Finest Valley and Mountain Walks | Rolf Goetz |
Guide to Weather | Ross Reynolds |
Upland Britain | Roy Millward and Adrian Robinson |
Canary Islands (Lonely Planet) | Sally O'Brien and Sarah Andrews |
Southwest of Ireland - Walk Guide | Sean O Suilleabhain |
Keep Climbing - How I Beat Cancer and Reached the top of the World | Sean Swarner with Rusty Fischer |
Kashmir | Sir Francis Younghusband |
Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya (Walking Guide) (Lonely Planet) | Stan Armington |
Lady Killer Peak - The Story of one man, twelve women and a killer mountain told by the man | Stephen Harper |
Everest - The Summit of Achievement | Stephen Venables |
Training for Rock Climbing | Steve Bollen |
Hillwalking - The Official Handbook of the Mountain Leader and Walking Group Leader Schemes | Steve Long |
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America | Steve Roper and Allen Steck |
Outdoor Education | T.M. Parker and K.I. Meldrum |
The Spur Book of Cross Country Skiing | Terry Brown and Rob Hunter |
The Spur Book of Survival & Rescue | Terry Brown and Rob Hunter |
Glen Coe | The National Trust for Scotland |
Feeclimbing - A Complete Guide to Rock Climbing | Thomas Strobl & Martin Zeller |
Camps and Climbs in Arctic Norway | Thomas Weir |
Irish Walks Guides - West | Tony Wilde |
The Eiger Sanction | Trevanian |
Himalayan Odyssey | Trevor Braham |
The Scottish Peaks - A Constable Pictorial Guide for Walkers and Climbers | W A Poucher |
Wales Walking | Wales Tourist Board |
The Mountain Year | Walt Unsworth |
Peaks, Passes and Glaciers | Walt Unsworth |
Classic Walks in the Lake District | Walt Unsworth |
On the Heights | Walter Bonatti |
Extreme Alpine Rock - The 100 Greatest Alpine Rock Climbs | Walter Pause and Jurgen Winkler |
North Pole | Wally Herbert |
Arabian Sands | Wilfred Thesiger |
Mountains of the World - A Handbook for Climbers and Hikers | William Bueler |
Chechia | Zdenek Thoma and Sona Thomova |
Your Guide to Walks - Walking in the Kigdom of Down | |
Portrait of California | |
CICERONE GUIDES | |
South Lakeland - Short Walks in Lakeland: Book 1 | Aileen and Brian Evans |
North Lakeland - Short Walks in Lakeland: Book 2 | Aileen and Brian Evans |
Western Crete - 45 Walks in Kissamos and Selinos | Alan Hall |
The Mountains of Andorra - Walks, Scrambles, Via Ferratas and Treks | Alf robertson and Jane Meadowcroft |
Mountain Adventures in The Maurienne (The Vanoise and Dauphine Alps) | Andy Hodges |
Walking in Sierra Nevads - Walks and Multi - Day Treks | Andy Walmsley |
Costa Blanca - Mountain Walks Volume 1: West | Bob Stansfield |
Costa Blanca - Mountain Walks Volume 2: East | Bob Stansfield |
Scrambles in the Lake District - Volume 1: Southern Lakes | Brian Evans |
Scrambles in the Lake District - Volume 2: Northern Lakes | Brian Evans |
Mountain Walking in Austria | Cecil Davies |
The High Tatras Slovakia and Poland Including the Western Tatras & White Tatras | Colin Saunders and renata Narozna |
Walking in Tuscany (A Walking Guide) | Gillian Price |
Walking in Sicily (Short and Long Distance Walks) | Gillian Price |
Shorter Walks in the Dolomites - 40 Selected Walks | Gillian Price |
Walking in the Dolomites - 28 Multi-Day Routes | Gillian Price |
Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: Vol 2 - Southern Dolomites, Brenta and Lake Garda | Graham Fletcher and John Smith |
Waliking in The Bavarian Alps - 85 Mountain Walks and Treks | Grant Bourne and Sabine Korner-Bourne |
Mont Blanc Walks: 50 of the Best Walks and 4 Short Treks | Hilary Sharp |
Walking in Provence - 42 Walks in the Provencal Region | Janette Norton |
Canyoning - Classic Canyons in Spain, France and Italy - a Selection of Scrambling, Aquatic and roped descents | John Bull |
The Way of St James - A Cyclists' Guide | John Higginson |
Guide to Walks and Scrambles in the Julian Alps. Based on Kranjska Gora | John Smith and Graham Fletcher |
Walking in The Algarve - 40 Coastal and Mountain Walks | Julie Statham |
Walking in Mallorca | June Parker |
The Julian Alps of Slovenia - Mountain Walks and Short Treks | Justi Carey and Roy Clarke |
Hiking and Biking in The Black Forest - 18 Walks and 5 Cycle Routes to Explore | Kat Morgenstern |
The Pyrenees - The High Purenees from the Cirque de Lescun to the Carlit Massif | Kev Reynolds |
A Walker's Guide - Central Switzerland | Kev Reynolds |
Walking in the Alps | Kev Reynolds |
The High Mountains of Crete - White Mountains and Lassithi Ranges | Loraine Wilson |
Great Mountain Days in the Lake District - 50 Classic Routes Exploring the Lakeland Fells | Mark Richards |
Walking in Sardinia - 50 Walks in Sardinia's Mountains | Paddy Dillon |
Canary Islands: 1 West - Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro | Paddy Dillon |
Canary Islands: 2 East - Gran Canaria, Fuertaventura and Lanzarote | Paddy Dillon |
Picos de Europa (Walks and Climbs) | Robin Walker |
The Mountains of Montenegro - A Walker's and Trekker's Guide | Rudolf Abraham |
Walking in Croatia - Day and Multi-Day Routes | Rudolf Abraham |
Walking in Julian Alps | Simon Brown |
Scrambles in Snowdonia | Steve Ashton |
Hillwalking in Snowdonia | Steve Ashton |
The Ridges of Snowdonia | Steve Ashton |
The Hillwalker's Guide to Mountaineering - Essentian skills for Britain's Classic Routes | Terry Adby and Stuart Johnston |