Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Alps
ISBN :
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Alps
ISBN :
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Alps
ISBN :
Author : Emil Henry
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 11,42 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1848765789
Triumph and Tragedy: the Life of Edward Whymper is an engrossing account of the extraordinary life of Edward Whymper (1840-1911), the best known but perhaps least understood mountain climber of the 19th century. Acclaimed as the first to scale the Matterhorn, Whymper personifies the spirited amateurism of the Golden Age of Mountaineering (1854-1865).Triumph and Tragedy accompanies a young but supremely confident Whymper on exhilarating ascents and narrow escapes amid beautiful, often dangerous Alpine peaks. The book lays bare the trauma of his companions’ deaths on the Matterhorn, and empathizes with him during the intense pressures of the accident’s aftermath. Emil Henry’s thoroughly researched biography then moves on to Whymper’s post-Matterhorn years. Following the publication of his classic Scrambles Amongst the Alps, Whymper travels first to Greenland’s unexplored interior and then to the high Andes mountains of South America where he becomes the first westerner to reach a 20,000 foot summit. In later life he is recognized as a noted explorer and the author of two best-selling books illustrated with drawings from a sketch-pad kept always in his shirt pocket. Triumph and Tragedy: the Life of Edward Whymper offers new and refreshing insights into the life of this notable Victorian personality. Spread throughout the book are examples of Whymper’s accomplishments as an author, artist, natural scientist, pioneering photographer, lecturer, and raconteur.
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher : London : J. Murray
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Matterhorn
ISBN :
The first edition narrating the ascent of the Matterhorn, with numerous illustrations: maps, views, equipment
Author : Leslie Stephen
Publisher :
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 33,42 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Alps
ISBN :
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1446549135
The ascent of Mont Pelvoux (including the disagreeables) was a very delightful scramble. The mountain air did not act as an emetic; the sky did not look black, instead of blue; nor did I feel tempted to throw myself over precipices. I hastened to enlarge my experience, and went to the Matterhorn. I was urged towards Mont Pelvoux by those mysterious impulses which cause men to peer into the unknown. Not only was this mountain reputed to be the highest in France, and on that account was worthy of attention, but it was the dominating point of a most picturesque district of the highest interest, which, to this day, remains almost unexplored! The Matterhorn attracted me simply by its grandeur. It was considered to be the most thoroughly inaccessible of all mountains, even by those who ought to have known better. Stimulated to make fresh exertions by one repulse after another, I returned, year after year, as I had opportunity, more and more determined to find a way up it, or to prove it to be really inaccessible
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 22,5 MB
Release : 1893
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Edward Whymper
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 191?
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 5871208541
Author : Edward Whymper (Alpiniste)
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Matterhorn (Switzerland and Italy)
ISBN : 9780900523670
These pictures, mostly not seen for 100 years and never been published as a set before, give us a unique glimpse of the mountain world at the end of the 19th century.
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Americans
ISBN :