British Mountaineering
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A History Of British Mountaineering
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Author : Robert Lock Graham Irving
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
A History Of British Mountaineering written by Robert Lock Graham Irving and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Mountaineering categories.
British Mountaineering Classic Reprint
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Author : C. E. Benson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-30
British Mountaineering Classic Reprint written by C. E. Benson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Excerpt from British Mountaineering The author desires to express his warmest thanks to the many fellow-climbers who have assisted him in his work with advice, criticism, and with illustrations. Indeed the kindness he has experienced - sometimes from mountaineers he has never even seen - has been remarkable, and he wishes to record here his most cordial appreciation of it. He would only add that where he has repeated himself, as in the case of Mr. C. E. Matthews' noteworthy words (chapters I and IX), and elsewhere, he has done so advisedly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Unjustifiable Risk
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Author : Simon Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
Release Date : 2012-03-06
Unjustifiable Risk written by Simon Thompson and has been published by Cicerone Press Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with Travel categories.
To the impartial observer Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet the British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two periods in history British climbers led the world in the pursuit of this beautiful and dangerous obsession. Unjustifiable Risk is the story of the social, economic and cultural conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and motives of the scientists and poets, parsons and anarchists, villains and judges, ascetics and drunks that have shaped its development over the past two hundred years. The history of climbing inevitably reflects the wider changes that have occurred in British society, including class, gender, nationalism and war, but the sport has also contributed to changing social attitudes to nature and beauty, heroism and death. Over the years, increasing wealth, leisure and mobility have gradually transformed climbing from an activity undertaken by an eccentric and privileged minority into a sub-division of the leisure and tourist industry, while competition, improved technology and information, and increasing specialisation have helped to create climbs of unimaginable difficulty at the leading edge of the sport. But while much has changed, even more has remained the same. Today's climbers would be instantly recognisable to their Victorian predecessors, with their desire to escape from the crowded complexity of urban society and willingness to take "unjustifiable" risk in pursuit of beauty, adventure and self-fulfilment. Unjustifiable Risk was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker prize in 2011.
Safety On Mountains
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Author : Andy MacNae
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Safety On Mountains written by Andy MacNae and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mountaineering categories.
A Brief History Of British Mountaineering
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Author : Colin Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
A Brief History Of British Mountaineering written by Colin Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Mountaineering categories.
Colin Wells provides a full, very readable record of the way the sport has developed from the first recorded climb to the present day. It additionally captures the extraordinary range of personalities that mountaineering has spawned.
British Mountaineering
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Author : C. E. Benson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-14
British Mountaineering written by C. E. Benson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-14 with History categories.
The New Mountaineer In Late Victorian Britain
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Author : Alan McNee
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-04-18
The New Mountaineer In Late Victorian Britain written by Alan McNee and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book is about the rise of a new ethos in British mountaineering during the late nineteenth century. It traces how British attitudes to mountains were transformed by developments both within the new sport of mountaineering and in the wider fin-de-siècle culture. The emergence of the new genre of mountaineering literature, which helped to create a self-conscious community of climbers with broadly shared values, coincided with a range of cultural and scientific trends that also influenced the direction of mountaineering. The author discusses the growing preoccupation with the physical basis of aesthetic sensations, and with physicality and materiality in general; the new interest in the physiology of effort and fatigue; and the characteristically Victorian drive to enumerate, codify, and classify. Examining a wide range of texts, from memoirs and climbing club journals to hotel visitors’ books, he argues that the figure known as the ‘New Mountaineer’ was seen to embody a distinctly modern approach to mountain climbing and mountain aesthetics.
British Mountaineering
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Author : Claude Ernest Benson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
British Mountaineering written by Claude Ernest Benson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Great Britain categories.
British Mountaineers
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Author : Francis Sydney Smythe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1942
British Mountaineers written by Francis Sydney Smythe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1942 with Mountaineering categories.
The First Fifty Years Of The British Mountaineering Council
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Author : Geoff Milburn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-01-01
The First Fifty Years Of The British Mountaineering Council written by Geoff Milburn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Mountaineering categories.