Author: Edward WhymperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Author: Edward WhymperScrambles Amongst the Alps
Author: Edward WhymperTriumph and Tragedy
Author: Emil HenryPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848765789
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Triumph and Tragedy: the Life of Edward Whymper is an engrossing account of the extraordinary life of Edward Whymper (1840-1911), the best known but perhaps least understood mountain climber of the 19th century. Acclaimed as the first to scale the Matterhorn, Whymper personifies the spirited amateurism of the Golden Age of Mountaineering (1854-1865).Triumph and Tragedy accompanies a young but supremely confident Whymper on exhilarating ascents and narrow escapes amid beautiful, often dangerous Alpine peaks. The book lays bare the trauma of his companions’ deaths on the Matterhorn, and empathizes with him during the intense pressures of the accident’s aftermath. Emil Henry’s thoroughly researched biography then moves on to Whymper’s post-Matterhorn years. Following the publication of his classic Scrambles Amongst the Alps, Whymper travels first to Greenland’s unexplored interior and then to the high Andes mountains of South America where he becomes the first westerner to reach a 20,000 foot summit. In later life he is recognized as a noted explorer and the author of two best-selling books illustrated with drawings from a sketch-pad kept always in his shirt pocket. Triumph and Tragedy: the Life of Edward Whymper offers new and refreshing insights into the life of this notable Victorian personality. Spread throughout the book are examples of Whymper’s accomplishments as an author, artist, natural scientist, pioneering photographer, lecturer, and raconteur.
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
Author: Edward WhymperPublisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Matterhorn
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The first edition narrating the ascent of the Matterhorn, with numerous illustrations: maps, views, equipment
The Playground of Europe
Author: Leslie StephenScrambles Amongst The Alps In The Years 1860-69
Author: Edward WhymperPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446549135
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The ascent of Mont Pelvoux (including the disagreeables) was a very delightful scramble. The mountain air did not act as an emetic; the sky did not look black, instead of blue; nor did I feel tempted to throw myself over precipices. I hastened to enlarge my experience, and went to the Matterhorn. I was urged towards Mont Pelvoux by those mysterious impulses which cause men to peer into the unknown. Not only was this mountain reputed to be the highest in France, and on that account was worthy of attention, but it was the dominating point of a most picturesque district of the highest interest, which, to this day, remains almost unexplored! The Matterhorn attracted me simply by its grandeur. It was considered to be the most thoroughly inaccessible of all mountains, even by those who ought to have known better. Stimulated to make fresh exertions by one repulse after another, I returned, year after year, as I had opportunity, more and more determined to find a way up it, or to prove it to be really inaccessible
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-1869, by Edward Whymper...
Author: Edward WhymperTravels amongst the great Andes of the equator
Author: Edward WhymperPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5871208541
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
A Life of Her Own
Author: Emilie CarlesPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140169652
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
First published in France in 1977, this autobiography vivifies the captivating Carles from her peasant origins in a tiny Alpine village through her work as a teacher, farmer, mother, feminist and political activist.
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Author: Edward WhymperPublisher: London : J. Murray
ISBN:
Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description