The Story of Alpine Climbing (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Gribble, Francis Henry

 
9781330293669: The Story of Alpine Climbing (Classic Reprint)

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Alpine climbing is distinctly a modern enter prise. As a sport it is usually dated from the ascent of the Wetterhorn by Mr Justice Wills, then Mr Alfred Wills of the junior bar, in 1854 and the English Alpine Club - which was the first of all the Alpine Clubs - was not formed until three years later. Explorers and men of science, however, had had adventures on the mountains before the sportsmen repaired to them for athletic exercise, so that the threads of the story of the pastime have to be picked up from somewhat further back.

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Alpine climbing is distinctly a modern enter prise. As a sport it is usually dated from the ascent of the Wetterhorn by Mr Justice Wills, then Mr Alfred Wills of the junior bar, in 1854 and the English Alpine Club - which was the first of all the Alpine Clubs - was not formed until three years later. Explorers and men of science, however, had had adventures on the mountains before the sportsmen repaired to them for athletic exercise, so that the threads of the story of the pastime have to be picked up from somewhat further back.

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.

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The Story Of Religions; The Cotton Plant; Geographical Discovery; The Mind; The British Race; Eclipses; Ice In The Past And Present; The Wanderings Of Atoms; Life's Mechanism; The Alphabet; Bird Life; Thought And Feeling; Art In The British Isles; Wild Flowers; Books; King Alfred; Fish Life; Architecture; Euclid; Music; Animal Life; Lost England; The Empire; Alchemy, Or The Beginnings Of Chemistry; The Army; Rapid Transit; The Atlantic Cable; The Extinct Civilizations Of The West; Alpine Climbing; A Grain Of Wheat

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.

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