Unjustifiable Risk?: The Story of British Climbing

by Simon Thompson

Book Overview

To the impartial observer Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet the British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two periods in history British climbers led the world in the pursuit of this beautiful and dangerous obsession. Unjustifiable Risk is the story of the social, economic and cultural conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and motives of the scientists and poets, parsons and anarchists, villains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852846798
• ISBN13: 9781852846794
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Cicerone Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"