Scrambles Amongst the Alps : A New Illustrated Edition - Hardcover

Whymper, Edward; Tyndale, H. E. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879052392 ISBN 13: 9780879052393

Publisher: Peregrine Smith Books, 1986

Synopsis

Lgr Size: 8" x 10" with 262 pgs. "This is one of the great classics on mountaineering and even today is a fresh and very exciting read." Chris Bonington. On 11th of July, 1865 began a series of events that were to end in tragedy. Returning from the success of the first ever ascent of the Matterhorn, four of Whymper's party plunged down the North face to their deaths when a rope snapped. The news of the accident stunned the entire civilized world. The reissue of Whymper's fascinating description of the first ascent of the Matterhorn is taken from the sixth edition, published in 1936. One of the great classics of climbing literature, it is universally known simply as Scrambles. The book is illustrated with Whymper's original engravings, and now with John Cleare's outstanding photographs of the Alpine range which has been a challenge and a mystery to climbers for centuries.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Whymper (1840–1911) was an English mountaineer and explorer with dozens of first ascents under his belt, the most famous being that of the Matterhorn. Also an author and illustrator, he wrote several books on his profession, including Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator and the classic Scrambles Amongst the Alps.

Anthony Brandt attended Princeton and Columbia before becoming a freelance writer for Esquire, American Heritage, The Atlantic, Psychology Today, GQ, Men's Journal, National Geographic Adventure, and many other magazines. He was the essays editor of the Pushcart Prize for 18 years and has served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards. Brandt is the editor of the Adventure Classics series for National Geographic Books, including the first edition of The Journals of Lewis and Clark.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peregrine Smith Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0879052392
• ISBN 13: 9780879052393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262