In this book the author, himself a mountaineer, tells of the most famous climbs, re-creates the most famous personalities and draws a detailed picture of the world’s mountains. It is a series of true adventure stories and a popular history of mountaineering.
CONTENTS:-
Foreword
Gods, Demons - and Men.
An Adventure Begins - The Winning of the Alps.
The Mountain and a Man - The Ascent of the Matterhorn.
New Horizons - 1865-1954
British Mountains by W.H. Murray.
From Sea to Sea - Mountains and Mountaineering in North America.
The Great One - The Story of Mount McKinley
Snow Peaks and Fire Peaks - The Andes of South America.
Ice on the Equator - The Mouuntains of Africa.
'Highest Yet' - The Challenge of the Himalayas.
Bitter Victory - Annapurna - Nanga Parbat.
The Giants - Kangchenjunga, K2
Everest I - The Struggle
Everest II - The Victory
Unfinished Adventure - The Himalaya of the Future.
Axe, Rope and Trouser-seat - The Craft of Mountaineering.
Behind the Ranges.
APPENDICES:-
Himalayan Expeditions of 1954 and 1955.
Women in Mountaineering.
The Himalayan Career of Tenzing the Sherpa.
A Note on Volcanoes.
One Hundred Famous Mountains.
Glossary of Mountaineering Terms.
Reading List.
