Author: Francis Fox TuckettPublisher: London, Edward Arnold
ISBN:
Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A Pioneer in the High Alps
Author: Francis Fox TuckettPublisher: London, Edward Arnold
ISBN:
Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Alps
Author: Jon MathieuPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509527745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful states, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de France. Far from being a remote and backward corner of Europe, the Alps are shown by Mathieu to have been a crucible of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story.
100 Hut Walks in the Alps
Author: Kev ReynoldsPublisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1783620641
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This popular guidebook by expert Kev Reynolds describes 100 day walks focusing on the mountain huts of the Alps. With walks in France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Slovenia, there are routes to suit every taste - from gentle and undemanding to long and tough, as well as all varieties of difficulty in between. What they have in common is a visit to a hut, each with its own character. Some walks are perfect for lunch at a hut before a return to the valley base, others involve an overnight stay at a hut. In a few cases, a short hut-to-hut tour is suggested. The routes are grouped by country and by specific Alpine district. Most of the routes avoid any climbing of a technical nature, beyond the odd scramble aided by a fixed rope. Notes on hut etiquette, what to take and an English-French-German-Italian glossary are also included to help trekkers get the most out of their time in the Alps.
The High Alps of New Zealand
Author: William Spotswood GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aoraki/Mount Cook (N.Z.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Walking in the Alps
Author: Kev ReynoldsPublisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1849654387
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The second edition of this classic guidebook by Kev Reynolds on walking and trekking in the Alps. This book is a definitive guide to the many thousands of possible routes, with a geographical span that ranges from the Maritime Alps of southern France to the Julians of Slovenia, from Italy's Gran Paradiso to the little-known Türnitzer Alps of eastern Austria, and from the ice-bound giants of the Bernese Oberland to the green rolling Kitzbüheler Alps and the bizarre towers of the Dolomites of South Tirol, showing the amazing diversity of this wonderful mountain chain. There are walks to suit every taste: gentle and undemanding, long and tough, and everything in between. Written by Britain's most respected authority on the Alps, this is a fully updated edition of this important book.
The Alpine Journal
Author: Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society
Author: Sport in Britain
Author: Richard William CoxPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719025921
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
British Sport: Biographical studies of British sportsmen, sportswomen, and animals
Author: Richard William CoxPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714652528
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.