Unjustifiable risk? : the story of British climbing /: the story of British climbing. ([2011?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon Thompson.
• Authors: Thompson, Simon, 1959-
• Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Before 1854: In Search of the Sublime From gloom to glory Aesthetes and heroes Chapter 3 1854-65: A Conscious Divinity Chapter 4 1865-1914: Gentlemen and Gymnasts The Alps The Lake District North Wales Scotland Outcrops The Greater Ranges Chapter 5 1914-39: Organised Cowardice The Lake District North Wales Scotland Outcrops The Alps The Greater Ranges Chapter 6 1939-70: Hard Men in an Affluent Society North Wales The Lake District Scotland Outcrops The Alps The Greater Ranges Chapter 7 After 1970: Reinventing the Impossible Rock climbing Mountaineering Chapter 8 Because it's there? Notes List of Photographs Appendix I A Note on Grades Appendix II Glossary of Climbing Terms Selected Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: Milnthorpe, Cumbria : Cicerone
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (388 pages)
• Subjects: 796.5220941; Mountaineering -- Great Britain -- History; Mountaineering -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; Mountaineering -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849653138; 1849653135
• Related ISBNs: 9781852846275
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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