[PDF.70zu] Scrambles Amongst the Alps (National Geographic Adventure Classics)

Scrambles Amongst the Alps (National Geographic Adventure Classics)

[PDF.hb58] Scrambles Amongst the Alps (National Geographic Adventure Classics)

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 | #288228 in Books |  National Geographic |  2002-10-01 |  2002-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.35 | File type: PDF | 432 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| An adventure classic|By Chillville, CA|I read this as historical research but quickly fell in love with it as a work of literature. There's a lot of first-we-did-this and then-we-did-that, but when Whymper moves away from chronological reporting, he shows himself to be one hell of a good writer. His conquest of the Matterhorn and the tragedy that quickly followed give the book|About the Author|Edward Whymper (1840–1911) was an English mountaineer and explorer with dozens of first ascents under his belt, the most famous being that of the Matterhorn. Also an author and illustrator, he wrote several books on his profession,

When he first saw the Alps in 1860, Edward Whymper was a 20-year-old English wood engraver whose dream was to become an arctic explorer. Ambitious and hungry for adventure, he fell in love with the challenge the Alps presented and set out to conquer them peak by peak. Whymper made quick work of the challenge, racking up dozens of first ascents and acquiring a reputation as one of the best in the nascent field of mountaineering. But on the Matterhorn, considered to be mou...

You easily download any file type for your device.Scrambles Amongst the Alps (National Geographic Adventure Classics)   |  Edward Whymper. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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