Encyclopaedia of mountaineering

Author(s)

• Unsworth, Walt

Bibliographic Information

Encyclopaedia of mountaineering

by Walt Unsworth

Hodder & Stoughton, c1992

Enlarged & updated ed.

• pbk

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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Details

• NCID: BB19988519
• ISBN:
  • 0340577444
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 383p.
• Size: 24cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 796.522
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Mountaineering