Summit: 150 Years of the Alpine Club

by George Band

Founded in 1857, Britain's Alpine Club was the world's first mountaineering society. Its history is the history of mountaineering, and from the beginning, its members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering. In Summit , noted climber George Band, author of the international best-seller Everest , begins his story at the Club's inception, then takes us through the evolution of the Alpine tradition, the development of climbing between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007203640
• ISBN13: 9780007203642
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.9" x 11.3"