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A collection of stories about outstanding woman climbers including the first ladies' success on Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. It then moves on to describe Junko Tabei's courage in conquering Everest and relives some of the greatest climbs in the Himalayas, the Andes, the Alps, Yosemite National Park, Russia and Australia. From Lucy Walker's confrontation with male-dominated social attitudes to Catherine Destivelle's modern world of the free rock climber, it examines in depth the lives of personalities who have dispelled the myth that climbing should be the domain only of men. The late Bill Peascod was vice president of the British Mountaineering Council and of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. Forty years after first climbing the challenging Eagle Front near Buttermere, he encountered it again with Chris Bonington during the filming of the award-winning television series Lakeland Rock .Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780713657197
eBay Product ID (ePID)91073942
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
Publication NameWomen Climbing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectZoology
Publication Year1989
TypeTextbook
AuthorBill Peascod, Bill Birkett
Subject AreaSports
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Width155 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorBill Peascod, Bill Birkett