Mountain Men: A History of the Remarkable Climbers and Determined Eccentrics Who First Scaled the World's Most Famous Peaks

by Tim Jordan and Mick Conefrey

Book Overview

Imagine a world without IMAX or Gore-tex, before North Face, a world without mobile phones or high-altitude Internet links, super-light hiking boots and polyamide fleece. Imagine a time when the Alps were as remote as the Himalayas and the Himalayas as remote as the moon. Traversing a century of climbing that began with the Victorian enthusiasts and ended with the conquest of the great Himalayan peaks, Mick Conefrey and Tim Jordan take us back to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306811294
• ISBN13: 9780306811296
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Vivid, exciting, pioneering mountain climbs!

OVERALL: As a mountaineer, I found it hard to put down this book, which gives wonderful details about some famous (and not-so-famous) pioneering climbs. STORIES: It covers a guy with no climbing experience trying to solo climb Everest. A deceiver called Cook who claimed to be the first on Denali. Two amazing trips up K2. The conquering of the Matterhorn. PROS: Great detail, good pacing, good prose. CONS: Needed more photos and maps, which would have made it a 5 star book. CONCLUSION: You don't have to be a mountaineer to appreciate this book. You just need to have an interest in history and mountain climbing.

Exciting True Story!

"This is exciting true adventure about the first westerners to scale Mt. Everest, K2, Mt. McKinley and the Matterhorn."