My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus

Mummery, Albert Frederick

ISBN 10: 0543890430 / ISBN 13: 9780543890436

Published by Adamant Media Corporation, 2001

Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. "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. Seller Inventory # 250316005

Synopsis:

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1895 edition by T. Fisher Unwin; Charles Scribners's Sons, London; New York.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good