Encyclopaedia of mountaineering
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Encyclopaedia of mountaineering
Hodder & Stoughton, c1992
Enlarged & updated ed.
- pbk
Available at 1 libraries
Note
Previous ed.: 1977
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This mountaineering book includes personalities, peaks, rock climbing techniques, potted histories of ranges, and an examination of the ethics, jargon and equipment needed for climbing. The book aims to be a source of every aspect of climbing knowledge from information on the Abraham brothers and Andrzej Zawada to alpine guides, competition climbing, aplenstocks and quickdraws. Walt Unsworth is the author of "Hold the Heights".
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