Hold The Heights

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Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, 1st Edition, D/w, Fine.   A history of mountaineering from the ascent of Mont Aiguille in the 15th century, through the Alpine ‘Golden Age’ and the great north faces in the Alps, to Himalayan explorations where the British were obsessed with Everest, the Germans with Nanga Parbat, and the Italians and Americans with K2.  Other chapters cover developments elsewhere, including South America, Greenland, Norway, the Tatras and the Caucasus.   Walt Unsworth (1928-2017) was the founder of Cicerone Press, former editor of Climber & Rambler and well regarded mountaineering historian – his many books include Everest, the definitive history of Mount Everest first published in 1981.