Great ascents: a narrative history of mountaineering / [by] Eric Newby

Newby, Eric

1977, First Edition. Newton Abbot : David & Charles. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #406153
ISBN: 0715374087

Physical description; 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index. Contents; Mont Blanc and the early days in the Alps (Alfred Wills and the Wetterhorn ; Ascent of the Matterhorn ; William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge and Dog Tschingel) -- The Eiger -- Turkey : Mount Ararat -- New Zealand : Mount Cook -- The American continents (Aconcagua ; Mount McKinley ; The Canadian Rockies ; The Yosemite and El Capitan) -- The Himalaya (The Karakoram and the first attempt on Everest ; The first ascent of Everest ; Everest after 1953 and the first traverse ; Nanga Parbat ; Annapurna ; Annapurna, the South Face). Subjects; Mountaineering History. Mountain climbing. Mont Blanc. The Alps. Yosemite.

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