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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 10th Edition

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"The definitive guide to mountains and climbing." --Conrad Anker

  • More than 800,000 copies sold since the first edition was published in 1960, and translated into 12 languages
  • Detailed instructions and hundreds of illustrations share the latest in best practices
  • Researched and written by a team of expert climbers, guides, and instructors



Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills is the most significant guidebook ever published. Born from the handwritten climbing tips of early volunteers of the Seattle-based Mountaineers organization, this fundamental how-to manual has inspired emerging climbers around the globe across nine editions for more than six decades.

Mountaineers Books is proud to present the 10th edition of this master guide, commonly referred to as "Freedom." From planning a weekend backpacking trip to navigating the logistics of a months-long alpine expedition, from tying knots and hitches to essential belaying and rappelling techniques, from setting up camp in the wilderness to summiting glaciated peaks--this comprehensive textbook written by climbers for climbers covers it all.

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by Mountaineers Books

  • 624 pages
  • Publisher: Mountaineers Books
  • ISBN: 978-1-68051-606-7
  • Published: Aug 26, 2024
  • Hardback
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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Robert F. ★★★★★

I've been climbing for six years and still learned things from the rappelling and self-rescue chapters. The diagrams are clear enough that I finally understand equalizing anchors properly. At 800 pages it's heavy in the pack, but worth it.

Timothy ★★★★★

The knot and anchor sections alone are worth the price, way more detail than any YouTube tutorial I've sat through. Forty years of updates really show in how clearly the crevasse rescue steps are diagrammed. My copy's already got dirt smudges on the index pages from the last trip.

Zoe ★★★★★

Bought this for a glacier travel course and the crevasse rescue diagrams alone were worth it. The sections on anchor systems are way clearer than anything I found online, and the illustrations actually make sense when you're freezing on a rope.

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