Climbs on Mont Blanc

Description

Published by Edward Arnold, 1930, 1st UK Edition, a little wear at top and bottom of spine, V.G.   Jacques de Lepiney (1896-1942) and his brother Tom made notable and groundbreaking guideless rock and ice climbs in the Mont Blanc range in the 1920s.  This is a classic first-person account of their climbs, which included significant ascents such as the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan, the North Face of the Grand Capucin and the Trident du Tacul.  With Tom, he made the first ascent of the eponymous Pointe Lepiney in the Chamonix Aiguilles.  Jacques was one of the co-founders of the Groupe de Haute Montagne (GHM) in 1919, intended to promote difficult guideless climbing, in opposition to the more traditional activities of the French Alpine Club at the time.