Foreword from Eiger dreams / Jon Krakauer --
No picnic on Mount Kenya / Felice Benuzzi --
The mountains of my life / Walter Bonatti --
Minus 148⁰ : the winter ascent of Mt. McKinley / Art Davidson --
The white spider: the classic account of the ascent of the Eiger / Heinrich Harrer --
Annapurra: first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak [26,493 feet] / Maurice Herzog --
Everest: the worst ridge / Thomas F. Hornbein --
Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home / Nando Parrado --
In the zone: epic survival stories from the mountaineering world / Peter Potterfield --
The mountain of my fear / David Roberts --
Nanda Devi: the tragic expedition / John Roskelley --
Touching the void / Joe Simpson --
Savage arena / Joe Tasker.
