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Author : Edward Whymper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.BE/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-'69 written by Edward Whymper and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan McNee
Publisher : Victorian Secrets
ISBN 13 : 1906469679
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cockney Who Sold the Alps written by Alan McNee and published by Victorian Secrets. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Smith is one of the most famous Victorians of whom you've probably never heard. During his lifetime, he was a household name, thrilling audiences with his Ascent of Mont Blanc show at London's Egyptian Hall. An inveterate showman, Smith was also a doctor, journalist, raconteur, novelist, travel writer, and playwright. His many talents were outstripped only by his boundless self-belief and huge personality. Even Queen Victoria described him in her journal as "inimitable", an epithet Smith's contemporary Charles Dickens liked to reserve for himself. Although Smith died aged only 43, he managed to pack much incident into his short life. He was robbed by highwaymen in Italy, narrowly escaped death in a hot air ballooning accident, and dodged arrest in Paris during the June Days Uprising of 1848. He also got caught up in the row over Dickens's affair with Ellen Ternan. While his bumptiousness made Smith a divisive figure, many saw in him the Victorian ideal of the self-made man: energetic, imaginative, and ready to seize any new opportunity. As Alan McNee explains in this lively biography, it was his intrepid ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851 that propelled Smith to stardom. His subsequent show inspired 'Mont Blanc mania', encouraging participation in mountaineering as a popular pursuit. The Cockney Who Sold the Alps is a story of ambition, spectacle, and the fleeting nature of celebrity.
Author : Henriette d'. Angeville
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Ascent of Mont Blanc written by Henriette d'. Angeville and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : T. Louis Oxley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Jacques Balmat written by T. Louis Oxley and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. H. Le Mesurier
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Impromptu Ascent of Mont Blanc written by W. H. Le Mesurier and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : François Damilano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782918824305
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book Snow, Ice and Mixed written by François Damilano and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognised as an essential reference work for all mountaineers who climb in the Mont Blanc Range, Snow, Ice & Mixed is unusual among guidebooks in that it is both exhaustive and succinct. For this third edition, Snow, Ice & Mixed has been updated, expanded, corrected and reorganised in order to take into account changes in climbing conditions and the latest developments in mountaineering, as well as the numerous new routes that have been climbed in recent years. Past and present... Volume one of the new guidebook describes more than 750 routes in 15 glacial basins in the eastern half of the Mont Blanc Range - recording for posterity routes climbed by our predecessors while highlighting the dynamism of the current climbing scene ; describing cols, notches and minor summits, as well as famous faces and prestigious peaks ; and turning the spotlight on recent climbs without overlooking either established classics or rarely trodden lines.
Author : Peter H. Hansen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674074521
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Summits of Modern Man written by Peter H. Hansen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Summits of Modern Man reveals the significance of our encounters with the world’s most forbidding heights and how difficult it is to imagine nature in terms other than conquest and domination.
Author : Edmund Clark
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.Q1/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ascents of Mont Blanc written by Edmund Clark and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert Smith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mont Blanc written by Albert Smith and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Hamill
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594856494
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Download or read book Climbing the Seven Summits written by Mike Hamill and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from Climbing the Seven Summits * First and only guidebook to climbing all Seven Summits * Full color with 125 photographs and 24 maps including a map for each summit route * Essential information on primary climbing routes and travel logistics for mountaineers, with historical and cultural anecdotes for armchair readers Aconcagua. Denali. Elbrus. Everest. Kilimanjaro. Kosciuszko. Vinson. To a climber, these mountains are known as the Seven Summits* -- the highest peaks on each continent. If you've ever dreamed of climbing Denali or Everest, or joining the even more exclusive "Seven Summiters " club, then Climbing the Seven Summits is the guidebook you need to turn your dream into reality. With Mike Hamill as your guide, you will discover different approaches to tackling the list, as well as details on what you'll need to plan an expedition and what to expect from each climb. For each mountain you'll learn about documents and immunizations, expedition costs, training, guiding options, climbing styles, best seasons, essential gear, day-by-day itineraries, summit routes, maps showing approaches and camps, regional natural history, cultural notes, and even post-climb activities like going on safari in Africa or wine-touring in South America. Throughout you'll also find helpful and inspiring stories from the likes of Conrad Anker, Vern Tejas, Damien Gildea, Eric Simonson, and other famed climbers. Special insider tips from Hamill, based on his years of experience, as well as full-color photographs of each peak round out this collectible guidebook. And, because there remains some controversy about whether Kosciuszko in Australia or Carstenz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea is the "seventh summit," this guidebook to the Seven Summits actually covers eight mountains! *Within mountaineering circles there is debate over which peaks are considered the official Seven Summits. For the purposes of this guidebook, the Seven Summits are based on the continental model used in Western Europe, the United States, and Australia, also referred to as the 'Bass list.'
