Among professional winter athletes,聽you would be hard-pressed to find someone with a more impressive r茅sum茅聽than . The Indiana native is the only American to have climbed all 14 of the world鈥檚 26,000-foot-plus peaks鈥攊ncluding summiting聽Mount Everest seven times. To make matters more impressive, he climbed all 14 peaks without the use of supplemental oxygen, making him the fifth person in the world to do so. Here are four books the mountaineer thinks you should check out.
鈥Sapiens,鈥 by聽Yuval Noah Harari
鈥淚鈥檓 currently reading this. I was given 聽[the author鈥檚 previous book], which I read, and then felt compelled to read . Such an amazing history of the development of mankind.鈥
鈥The Invention of Nature,鈥 by聽Andrea Wulf
鈥淭his was a gift from a great friend. Unbeknownst to me, the 聽had to be invented by someone. It鈥檚 a very interesting read.鈥
鈥Alone on the Wall,鈥 by聽Alex Honnold
鈥淎fter seeing Free Solo, I wanted to learn more about . My friend and coauthor of ,聽David Roberts, wrote this with Alex, and I love whatever David writes.鈥
鈥The Colosseum,鈥 by聽Keith Hopkins and聽Mary Beard
鈥淚 recently toured 聽with my family, and afterward I wanted to learn more about its history, construction, use, and eventual demise. This book tells the entire history. I鈥檓 always blown away when I see and touch something so massive and complicated that was constructed almost 2,000 years ago.鈥