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 StephenThe Alps
Author: Andrew BeattiePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195309553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The Alps are Europe's highest mountain range: their broad arc stretches right across the center of the continent, encompassing a wide range of traditions and cultures. Andrew Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of this landscape, where early pioneers of tourism, mountaineering, and scientific research, along with the enduring legacies of historical regimes from the Romans to the Nazis, have all left their mark.
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator
Author: Edward WhymperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes Region
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Into the Silence
Author: Wade DavisPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307700569
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain’s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory’s generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis’s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.
Scrambles Amongst the Alps
Author: Edward WhymperWhymper's Scrambles with a Camera
Author: Edward Whymper (Alpiniste)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780900523670
Category : Matterhorn (Switzerland and Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
These pictures, mostly not seen for 100 years and never been published as a set before, give us a unique glimpse of the mountain world at the end of the 19th century.