DescriptionPublished by Swan Hill Press, Shropshire, 2000, 1st UK Edition, D/w, Fine. Sumptuously and copiously illustrated large folio volume by prolific mountaineering author Ardito, covering the history of world mountaineering, from early Alpine adventures in the Alps and Dolomites to the Himalayas, the Conquest of the 8000 metre peaks, the Arctic, California, Patagonia, Beyond the Sixth Grade and Alpine- Style in the Greater Ranges. Includes a useful chronology of all areas.
