More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood, by Majka Burhardt (Pegasus Books, $27.95). Burhardt follows up on her two Ethiopia books with an epistolary memoir exploring the pursuit of risk in the face of responsibility for new children (twins!). Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life’s Hardest Climbs, by Sasha DiGiulian (St. Martin’s, $29). After “coming of age under the scrutiny of social media” and “navigating a male-dominated sport,” DiGiuilan describes her battles with body dysmorphia and her rise to the upper echelons of rock climbing. Mechanical Advantage: Tools for the Wild Vertical, Volumes 1 & 2, by big-wall climber and gear designer John Middendorf, collected from a popular series of Substack essays. “The story of rock climbing from the enhanced tools perspective.” Mont-Blanc Lines, by Alex Buisse (Vertebrate Publishing, £40). This large- format coffee-table book features portraits of the great mountains of the Alps with climbing routes overlaid topo-style. Buisse generously offers free downloads of his route posters, available at alexbuisse.com. Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott, by Catherine Moorehead (Birlinn Ltd., £25). The legendary U.K. mountaineer receives full biographical treatment, covering five decades of cutting-edge climbs.

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