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On the Edge of EuropeMountaineering in the Caucasus
Audrey Salkeld/José Bermudez / 260 pages, 8 b/w photos, map (24,1x15,9cm ) Edition: 1993 - UK-Edition / Hardcover
With the former USSR becoming more accessible to climbers, skiers and trekkers, this book is a timely collection of classic writing about Europe's most neglected climbing area, opened up by men like Freshfield, Dent and Mummery. Audrey Salkeld is the author of "People in High Places", "The Mystery of Mallory and Irving" and editor of "One Step in the Clouds".
Mummery
My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
Albert Frederick Mummery / 247 Pages, 6 b/w Illustrations, (20,8x14,9cm) Edition: 2004 / Softcover
My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus is Fred Mummery's rousing and humorous account of his European climbing career. His book gives a flavour of the heroic era of mountaineering's beginnings - he was decades ahead of his time in realising that the essence of mountaineering lies not in ascending a peak, but in struggling with and overcoming difficulties. Dispensing with the use of guides, he laid the future for climbing as we know it today.;"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.
