High Conquest: The Story Of Mountaineering
Beginning with the days when man looked upon mountains as the home of angry gods, James Ramsey Ullman leads swiftly through the stirring pageant of mountaineering history; the pioneering ascents in the Alps & the disastrous conquest of the Matterhorn; the journeys of exploration in the Rockies & Andes, Africa & Alaska; & finally the Himalayan expeditions. A climber of considerable experience, Ullmann also discusses the mountaineering craft & describes the most attractive mountain regions in the United States