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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBBC Worldwide
ISBN-100563209186
ISBN-139780563209188
eBay Product ID (ePID)1388472
Product Key Features
Book TitleClimbers : a History of Mountaineering
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicMountaineering
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation
AuthorChris Bonington
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight38.4 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal796.52209
SynopsisMountaineering has always demanded a fine balancing act between calculated risk-taking and the basic instinct for survival. The pioneers of the Victorian golden age tested this balance as they pushed themselves further and further, first in the Alps and later in the Himalayas. Of them all, it was perhaps Mummery whose attitude to climbing is closest to that of the 1990s, and this book recreates his first ascent of the Grepon. It also traces his attempts on Nanga Parbat, where he was to lose his life.