Whymper scrambles amongst the alps

Magnifiche poi le incisioni tutte eseguite dallo stesso Whymper, ad hoc per questo libro, che voleva intenziona Splendido. Un gran libro scritto da una grande persona. May 12, Robert Snow rated it really liked it. Written in a late eighteen hundreds style, but none the less interesting.

I was in Zermatt on a skiing trip in the mid eighties and my ski instructor was a mountain climber in the spring and Summer and we got to talking about the Matterhorn. I asked him if he had climbed it It was then he told me about Edward W Written in a late eighteen hundreds style, but none the less interesting.

It was then he told me about Edward Whymper and his exploits in the Alps. When I returned to the village that afternoon I bought a copy of Scrambles Amongst the Alps and read it while on vacation. Difficult to read, very dry, its a different style of writing. Still a good first hand account of climbing the Matterhorn. It was Whymper's seventh attempt at climbing the Matterhorn and it cost the lives of four of his party. Aug 31, Andi rated it really liked it.

This is a classic among mountaineering books, relating the author's experiences climbing the mountains of the Alps from The writing style and words used to describe his exploits can't help but make you smile, as in the following description of what happens when he falls while glissading down a mountain: "In my dreams I glissade delightfully, but in practice I find that somehow the snow will not behave properly, and that my alpenstock will get between my legs.

Then my legs go where my This is a classic among mountaineering books, relating the author's experiences climbing the mountains of the Alps from Then my legs go where my head should be, and I see the sky revolving at a rapid pace; the snow rises up and smites me, and runs away; and when it is at last overtaken it suddenly stops, and we come into violent collision So it is as well to glissade only when there is something soft to tumble into.

And do continue reading into the Appendices as he tells of other ascents of the alpine peaks. May 28, Will Jones rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed this book and found it very easy to read. What language and what humor.

A thoroughly enjoyable read not to be missed out on by all of us who live for the mountains. Sep 10, Marnie Z rated it it was ok. Didn't finish.. Feb 02, Gail Pool rated it it was amazing.

Inevitably that fatal trip hovers over the entire book. The final chapter, a sober and sobering account of the accident, is devastating. Whymper describes the lineup of the seven men, the sudden fall of the least experienced climber, and the breaking of the rope that doomed the four in front.

The death of the guide Croz, who we have come to know through previous excursions and who had never wanted to climb the Matterhorn, is especially moving. Jul 27, Amerynth rated it it was ok Shelves: adventure , memoir , mountaineering , nonfiction , read , alps. Whymper's book about some of his first ascents of peaks in the Alps, including the first ascent of the famed Matterhorn alternates between really fascinating and dry.

His curmudgeonly character frequently causes him to underplay the difficulties of his ascents and some of the stories suffer from that. His tragic climb of the Matterhorn, where a majority of his companions died, is the best story of the book and he makes you wait for until the end. Spine a bit torn, name of the previous owner on preliminary page, gilt edge, last pages a bit stained, otherwise very fine copy.

Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0. Philadelphia Illus, 9. Publication Date: First edn, 5th thousand, Murray, London, Fine copy in recent half-calf gilt, raised bands and marbled boards. Neate W65 'The most famous of all mountaineering books', on the first ascent of the Matterhorn.

A great classic. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. VG: in Very Good condition. Cover rubbed. Spine faded.

Occasional foxing. Presentation letter affixed to fep. Heraldic bookplate Pemberton to paste-down Green hardback tooled leather cover. Published by John Murray, First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Good. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. London: John Murray , first edition, first printing. Tiny label on rear pastedown states 'repaired Parliament'. No foxing. Included is the stamped envelope in which it was mailed.

Page 20, line from top, "Col de Lantaret" to read "Col de Lautaret. This work was published before January 1, , and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least years ago. Scrambles amongst the Alps by Edward Whymper. Pages Page A. The Drawings were made on the Wood by. Fog-bow, seen from the Matterhorn on July 14, Mont Pelvoux and the Alefroide, from near Mont Dauphin.

Outlines of the Matterhorn from the north-east and from the Summit of the Theodule Pass to show Ridges, and Points attained on the different attempts to ascend the mountain. The Matterhorn, from near the Summit of the Theodule Pass. A Cannonade on the Matterhorn The Summit of the Moming Pass in The Club-Room of Zermatt in The Bergschrund on the Dent Blanche in The Matterhorn from the Riffelberg. Sections of the Matterhorn. The Grandes Jorasses from the Val Ferret.

The Summit of the Col Dolent. Geological Section of the Matterhorn. Natural Pinnacles formed out of an old Moraine in the Valley of the Durance. Beachy Head. The Devil of Notre Dame.

Which is the Brute? At the St. In the Val d'Alefred. The Grand Pelvoux de Val Louise. Buttresses of Mont Pelvoux. They observed something like a white rainbow consisting of an arch and two crosses. We also looked at several other atmospheric conditions including the following:.

After the Accident Afterwards, enormous publicity was given to the accident in Britain. The press was united in their criticism of mountaineering. The Queen Queen Victoria even asked her advisers if laws could be passed to prevent climbing and mountaineering.

But it didn't stop mountaineering. In fact, it made it even more attractive. Since most of the great summits of the Alps had been climbed, mountaineers began looking elsewhere. Whymper was young climber, known only to a small circle of mountaineers, but after the tragedy, and after his book was published, he became a world celebrity.

He was the first climber that was able to live by writings and lectures. In later life, however, he became an alcoholic. Perhaps he never got over the terrible tragedy on the Matterhorn.

He continued to climb but as he aged he become more and more a joke to younger, up-and-coming climbers. He died in at the age of 71 and is buried in Chamonix. Peter Taugwalder Old Peter suffered from Matterhorn experience. Although he had tried to stop the fall, rumor spread that he had cut the rope to save himself or that he ensured he was on the weakest rope.

The suspicions were unfounded, but they drove him away from his valley near Zermatt to the United States were he lived for several years. Jean-Antoine Carrell was defeated, but he was not discouraged.