Good climbing coffee table books?

I’ve seen a couple really awesome climbing coffee table books over the last decade that I’ve conveniently forgotten the names of. Maybe not the right place for this question but whatever.

Does anyone have some sick climbing coffee table books they’d recommend?

Stone Mountains and 50 Favorite Climbs.

I keep a copy of Why Knot? by Philippe Petit on my desk at work. Not strictly a climbing book but my employees find it interesting because they are all climbers as well.

Himalaya Alpine-Style  by Andy Fanshawe

Yosemite in the 50s, 60s are cool. Ptpp hooking up is a coffee table book and more

Sacred Mountains of the World is a classic coffee table picture book. The articles aren't so much about climbing as they are about what some of the mountains have meant to the people who lived nearby. The author seemed to do considerable research for the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mountains-World-Edwin-Bernbaum/dp/0871567121

This is a real beauty!

Not quite "coffee table" books, but there are some nice printings of Ernest Shackleton's "South" with the original photographs. Not climbing, but very readable and eye catching.

Jimmy Chin has something out recently too, iirc?

Best, Helen

Anything by Simon Carter and Jim Thornburg.

New one by Rob Kepley "Through My Lens" is a stunner and hot off the presses: facebook.com/robkepleyphoto…

Rob Kepley's "through my lense" is a fantastic collection of photos, mainly from Eldo and the front range area. I was a huge fan of Brad Gobright so the short essays and stories on him were fantastic to read, and the photos are very high quality. 

Jimmy Chin is the man, but I liked Kepley's book better. (although Chin's book is also rad and has way more to it).

Have a signed copy that I absolutely love browsing through. Highly recommend. Very well written, as well as some awesome pictures. 

I am reading "Alone and The Wall" Alex Honnald its pretty go so far. 

I can also recommend "Climbing Free" By Lynn Hill.  

Climbing Anchors ( I have the 2nd edition) by John Long is an easy flip through.

Yes, 'coffee table books' are usually meant to be looked at, more than to be read.

Jimmy Chin's There and Back 

Ken Wilson -- Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Cold Climbs, etc.  Essays vary in quality but are always interesting.  Route diagrams are drawn to match well with the main photo of the crag, making it easy to compare diagram and photo as you read about the route.  These were the classic coffee table books BITD and still worth reading if you have any interest in UK climbing.

Idr the name but Francois Lebeau’s book is dope. I think it’s called “climbing rocks”

I found a copy of “Rocs Nature: Beaux Livres 1” from Catherine Destivelle and it’s astonishing. Amazing climbing (and some non-climbing) pictures, can’t really read it (entirely in French) but totally captures the essence and aesthetic of climbing in the 80s, specifically from the point of view of one of the first world class female climbers.

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