“I don’t know where I’m going, but I know exactly how to get there.”

Find your own track. Learn the signs of your nature. Told through the eyes of a lion tracker’s journey as part of the African wilderness.

Tough love…for yourself. Defeat resistance. Live free, act on your goals, become a better version of yourself.

A history of mountains, landscape, and human interpretation of the outdoors.

Read the harrowing true story of the first ascent of an 8000-meter peak by the French climber Maurice Herzog and leader of the 1950 expedition to the Himalayas.

This book changed the way we think about running, movement, footwear, and human potential. Part running history, part physiology appraisal, part epic quest!

A questionable title for a book that can change your life. We struggled with knee pain when running for decades until we read this book and adopted the recommended daily practice.

This book helped us understand why meditation works without all the spiritual stuff. Making the mind a little bit better. It helped us find our practice.

Our lives depend on our relationships with other people. Understanding why we do what we do is the most important tool to possess. Detach from emotion, master self-control, develop empathy, and gain insight.

Considered a classic treatise on military strategy (and life). “a man (or woman) who conquers himself is ready to take on the world”. Serves as a timeless reminder of how to think, act, study, and practice.

Read the story of one of the greatest open-water swimmers. Sheer determination and focus. An astonishing display of physical and mental achievement. Includes numerous world records and some fiendishly cold water.

Highly recommend the dramatized audio version. Tells the iconic story of a father and son’s journey across America in the 1960s. Also a personal and philosophical journey. How to live a meaningful life, maintain passion, and savor those around you.

An excellent audiobook. A memoir about writing and running by the best-selling author of Kafka on the Shore and many more. For anyone who’s ever felt a calling to me moving outdoors. A gentle, honest, and funny meditation on life and exercise.

Tells the story of the first ascent of the third-highest and reputedly the most dangerous mountain in the world. And the long list of highly detailed disastrous attempts made between 1905 and 1955.

This book changed the way we breathe. The most basic, and important of biological functions, and we were doing it wrong.

If you like to surf or simply gaze at the movement of water, this book might just touch your soul. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. “A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer looking for transcendence.

Just a man (who happens to be a Roman emperor and stoic philosopher) recording private notes to himself on how to behave. It turns out, that being a good human is timeless.

A reminder that any situation, good and especially bad is nothing but an opportunity for growth.

"To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." But a hammer often isn't enough. The more tools you have at your disposal, the more likely you'll use the right tool for the job. The same is true when it comes to your thinking.

An alpine classic. Tells the tale of the first ascent of the now-infamous north face of the Eiger and its many tragic attempts.

Nostalgic and delicious. Includes a veritable banquet of recipes from your classic raclette, schnitzel, and tartiflette to Austrian favorites kaiserschmarrn and strudel.

A colorful ride through psychedelic history. Documents the world’s first acid trip enjoyed by Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann.

50 excerpts of fiction and non-fiction inspired by that far-off land that inspires us so much, the Himalayas.