Table of Contents

Preface Original Introduction Nanga Parbat 1895 1 The Matterhorn - Zmutt Ridge 2 The Matterhorn - Furggen Ridge 3 The Col Du Lion 4 Der Teufelsgrat 5 The Aiguille Des Charmoz 6 The Grepon 7 The Dent Du Requin 8 Aiguille Du Plan 9 The Aiguille Verte - by the Charpoua Glacier 10 The Aiguille Verte - by the Moine Ridge 11 A Little Pass - Col Des Courtes 12 Dych Tau 13 Some Caucasian Passes 14 The Pleasures and Penalties of Mountaineering

About the Author

A.F. "Fred" Mummery was one of the leading Alpinists of his day, and started the modern era of mountaineering - climbing without guides. His famous climbs include the first traverse of the Grepon and the Zmutt and Furggen ridges on the Matterhorn. He was killed on Nanga Parbat in 1895 on the first serious expedition to climb a Himalayan 8000m peak.

Reviews

Colin Wells, Scotland On-line. Eminently readable and humorous account of early Alpinism, by myopic left-field British pioneer. Mummery gives a flavour of the heroic era of mountaineering's beginnings.