ALPS AND CAUCASUS - Softcover

A. F Mummery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904466095 ISBN 13: 9781904466093

Publisher: Ripping Yarns.com, 2004

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Eminently readable and humorous account of early Alpinism. -- Colin Wells, Scotland On-line,

Synopsis

"My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus" is Fred Mummery's rousing and humorous account of his European climbing career. His book gives a flavour of the heroic era of mountaineering's beginnings - he was decades ahead of his time in realising that the essence of mountaineering lies not in ascending a peak, but in struggling with and overcoming difficulties. Dispensing with the use of guides, he laid the future for climbing as we know it today. "My Climbs..." is both a joyful, life-affirming tale of adventure and also a manifesto outlining Mummery's radical approach to climbing mountains. It's a fine legacy from a visionary mountaineer and should be on every Alpinist's or climber's bookshelf.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ripping Yarns.com
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1904466095
• ISBN 13: 9781904466093
• Binding: Paperback