HIGH MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN PERU AND BOLIVIA: A SEARCH FOR THE APEX OF AMERICA, INCLUDING THE CONQUEST OF HUASCARAN, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE BELOW Annie S. Peck 1912 1st UK ed Very Good (Peck, Annie S.)

	Item #: OP112-933 HIGH MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN PERU AND BOLIVIA: A SEARCH FOR THE APEX OF AMERICA, INCLUDING THE CONQUEST OF HUASCARAN, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE BELOW Annie S. Peck 1912 1st UK ed Very Good By Peck, Annie S. Price: $195.00 List Price: $295.00 You Save $100.00 (34%) Add to wish list Click Here For Related Selections
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T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1912 1st UK edition. 370 pp, 124 photos, 1 fold-out map. No dust jacket; blue hardcover with pictorial cover. There is some wear on the edges, the spine has darkened, some pages are yellowed, the only writing is a name on the endpaper. Very Good. Account of climbing in the Andes, including the first ascent of Huascaran, by the author Annie Smith Peck (1853-1935), who was also a founding member of the A.A.C. At the age of forty-four she took up the then unheard-of for a woman pursuit of mountain climbing. After several attempts, she became only the third woman ever to scale the Matterhorn in the Swiss alps, and the first to make the climb in trousers rather than a cumbersome skirt. She continued climbing peaks throughout the world, achieving her greatest triumph with her record-breaking ascent of the north peak of Peru's 22,205-foot Mount Huascaran in 1908 at the age of fifty-eight! It had taken her nearly a decade, and no fewer than six attempts, to reach this goal. At the time, the exact height of Huascaran and others of the world's highest peaks was not fixed, and she believed she had climbed the highest summit in the Americas -- but nevertheless, she was the first person ever to scale its heights, man or woman. In addition to the rigors of the climb she had to cope with the ridicule of many male mountaineers, limited funding, and equipment which, since it was designed for men, was often ungainly and ill-fitting. For her ascent of Huascaran, she designed her own mountain shoes and had them made to her order. A strong supporter of women's suffrage, she next climbed Peru's Mount Coropuna, 21,083 feet, in 1909 and planted a 'votes for women' pennant on its summit. She continued traveling and mountain-climbing around the world almost until the end of her life; her last ascent was of New Hampshire's Mount Madison -- a mere 5,636 feet -- at the age of eighty two! Above from http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/smithpeck.html
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