New York, 1965, 1st edition. 124 pp, illustrations. A chronicle of two centuries in the French alps, the birthplace of mountain climbing, in elegant, economic prose. Stories of Whymper, Mummery, Rebuffat, Jaccoux, Carrel, Charlet, de Saussure, Paccard, Balmat, Whymper, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, etc. Bernstein shares his own Alpine odyssey. One of the better written collections of essays on mountaineering. Hardcover, DJ, Near Fine.

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