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Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps
by Fergus Fleming
- EXPLORATION
- 2001
- PAPER
- 398 PAGES
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Fleming spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn (where four of the seven-man team perished).
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