mountain classics
Mountain Classics – The Mountain Men by Alan Hankinson
The Mountain Men: A History of Early Rock Climbing in North Wales by Alan Hankinson This series of articles showcases gems of mountain literature, both established classics and more esoteric titles. Alan Hankinson was one of the UK’s foremost scholars of British mountaineering history. He published a number of
Mountain Classics – Scrambles Amongst the Alps by Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69by Edward Whymper This series of articles showcases gems of mountain literature, both established classics and more esoteric titles. If you read only one book on the golden age of Alpine mountaineering, make it this one. Edward Whymper’s epic tale of his