Peering Over the Edge: The Philosophy of MountaineeringThe Philosophy of Mountaineering. This book is the result of the contributions by some of the greatest authors of moutaineering literature: Pat Ament, Phil Bartlett, Arlene Blum, Margaret Body, Sir Chris Bonington, Hamish M. Brown, Joe Brown, Greg Child, Jim Curran, Giusto Gervasutti, Andrew Greig, Terry Gifford, Heinrich Harrer, Dougal Haston, Maurice Herzog, Sir John Hunt, Jeff Long, Jeff Lowe, Hamish MacInnes, Jeffrey McCarthy, Ian Mitchell, Paul Prichard, David Roberts, Doug Robinson, Steve Roper, Galen Rowell, Woodrow Wilson Sayer, Doug Scott, Eric Shipton, G. B. Spenceley, Sir Leslie Stephen, Mikel Vause, Edward Whymper, Simon Yates, Geoffrey Winthrop Young. |
Contents
Preface 59 | 5 |
Sir Leslie Stephen The Regrets of a Mountaineer 2221 | 27 |
Edward Whymper Descent of the Matterhorn | 49 |
Heinrich Harrer The Tragedy of Toni Kurz | 57 |
Giusto Gervasutti Conclusion | 75 |
Chris Bonington The Central Pillar of Freney | 81 |
Joe Brown Hard Days in the Alps | 95 |
Dougal Haston Eiger Direct | 111 |
Doug Robinson Half Dome Comes Clean | 257 |
Jeff Lowe Grabbing Friendship by the Ankle | 263 |
Andrew Greig A Glencoe Massacre | 271 |
Brown Agags Groove | 287 |
Terry Gifford Bonfires in Borrowdale | 295 |
Paul Pritchard A Game One Climber Played | 303 |
Ian Mitchell Dead Mans IceAxe | 309 |
Hamish MacInnes Man O Hoy | 319 |
Steve Roper Dresden | 121 |
Maurice Herzog The Retreat | 133 |
Sir John Hunt From The TwentyNinth to the Thirtieth | 147 |
Eric Shipton Mountains of the Moon | 161 |
Woodrow Wilson Sayre Why do Men Climb? | 169 |
Jim Curran The Great Beast 666 | 179 |
Greg Child BALTORO | 189 |
Arlene Blum The Memorial | 199 |
Jeff LongCannibals | 209 |
Simon Yates At Home Abroad | 221 |
The Heroic Expression | 245 |
Pat Ament To Become As A Child | 331 |
Jeffrey McCarthy Alpine Time | 343 |
Geoffrey Winthrop Young The Influence of Mountains | 353 |
Phil Bartlett Return to the Primitive | 369 |
Galen Rowell Storming A Myth | 395 |
Doug Scott On The Profundity Trail | 405 |
David Roberts Moments of Doubt | 415 |
G B Spenceley The New Generation | 431 |
Mikel VauseKnights of Nothingness | 437 |
Bibliography 449 | |
Common terms and phrases
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