The Climbers: A History of Mountaineering

By Chris Bonington

Book Overview

Mountaineering 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0563209186
• ISBN13: 9780563209188
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Bbc Pubns
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.3" x 8.0"