A Century of Mountaineering, 1857-1957 |
Contents
Preface S Introduction | 6 |
The Discovery of Mountain Beauty | 9 |
The Mountain Motive | 22 |
Copyright | |
18 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achievements adventure Aiguille Alpine Club Alpine Journal Alpine literature Alps amateur artificial climbing ascent of Mont attempt August Balmat blackballed British mountaineer camp Carrel Chamonix chapter climbers companions Conway Coolidge crevasse crossed Croz described difficult Eiger exploration famous Finsteraarhorn Freshfield Geoffrey Young German Glacier Golden Age Greek Grindelwald guideless climbing guides height Himalaya Italian Jorasses July Jungfrau Kangchenjunga later Lauener Leslie Stephen Lhotse Matterhorn Meije Melchior modern Mönch Mont Blanc Monte Rosa mountain beauty Mummery Mummery's Mürren Nanga Parbat never north face Oberland outstanding oxygen party period Peuterey pioneers pitons president quoted reached the summit remarked ridge rock climbing rope route Ruskin second ascent Sella Sherpas Shipton Silver Age Ski Club ski mountaineering ski-ing skier Smythe snow sport Strutt success Swiss Foundation Taugwalder Tenzing Tom Bourdillon traverse Tyndall Victorian virgin peak Weisshorn Wetterhorn Whymper winter ascent winter mountaineering writes wrote Zermatt Zinal