2005, 1st edition. 480 pp. Another collection of essays with great contributions from some of the best names in the climbing world. Some of them better climbers than writers and vice-versa. Contributors include Pat Ament, Phil Bartlett, Arlene Blum, Margaret Body, Chris Bonington, Hamish M. Brown, Joe Brown, Greg Child, Jim Curran, Giusto Gervasutti, Andrew Greig, Terry Gifford, Heinrich Harrer, Dougal Haston, Maurice Herzog, Sir John Hunt, Jeff Long, Jeff Lowe, Hamish MacInnes, Jeffrey McCarthy, Ian Mitchell, Paul Pritchard, David Roberts, Doug Robinson, Steve Roper, Galen Rowell, Woodrow Wilson Sayre, Doug Scott, Eric Shipton, G.B. Spenceley, Sir Leslie Stephen, Mikel Vause, Edward Whymper, Simon Yates, Geoffrey Winthrop Young.
Mikel Vause—himself a climber — is a historian and contributor to mountaineering literature who travels all over the World promoting this genre of work. He presently teaches at Weber University in Ogden, Utah, USA. Thick paperback, New, only edition.
