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Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69

Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69

by Edward Whymper

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Edward Wymper's vivid account of Victorian-era mountaineering, a classic, captures the geography, beauty and allure of the Alps. The intrepid Whymper made the first ascents of several important peaks in the Andes and the Alps, including famously the Matterhorn.  (ALP02, $16.00)


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