London, 1895, 1st UK edition. 361 pp, 11 plates, 22 b/w illustrations. Tall 8vo. Tan cloth hardcover with leather title patches, which have some wear but are intact, almost no foxing. Overall lightly soiled, still a very nice copy. Near Fine.
One of the most influential books in the literature. Mummery was one of the first skilled rock climbers, and was lost on Nanga Parbat in 1895. This is one of the great classics of mountaineering literature.
'My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus' is Alfred Mummery's rousing and humorous account of his European climbing career. Dispensing with the use of guides, he laid the future for climbing as we know it today. 'My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus' is Mummery's rousing and humorous account of his European climbing career. His book gives a flavor of the heroic era of mountaineering's beginnings - he was decades ahead of his time in realizing that the essence of mountaineering lies not in ascending ascending a peak, but in struggling with and overcoming difficulties.
My Climbs is both a joyful, life-affirming tale of adventure and also a manifesto outlining Mummery's radical approach to climbing mountains. It's a fine legacy from a visionary mountaineer and should be on every Alpinist's or climber's bookshelf. Preface Introduction Nanga Parbat 1895 1 The Matterhorn - Zmutt Ridge 2 The Matterhorn - Furggen Ridge 3 The Col Du Lion 4 Der Teufelsgrat 5 The Aiguille Des Charmoz 6 The Grepon 7 The Dent Du Requin 8 Aiguille Du Plan 9 The Aiguille Verte - by the Charpoua Glacier 10 The Aiguille Verte - by the Moine Ridge 11 A Little Pass - Col Des Courtes 12 Dych Tau 13 Some Caucasian Passes 14 The Pleasures and Penalties of Mountaineering.
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