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Summit: 150 Years of the Alpine Club (Hardcover)

by George Band (Author)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Collins (2 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0007203640
ISBN-13: 978-0007203642
Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 22.4 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Praise for 'Everest': 'Band has an engaging straight-forward style.' The Times 'Band knows all there is to know about the history of the mountain, its climbers and the politics behind their attempts.' Guardian 'A detailed and fascinating tribute.' Wanderlust 'An engaging and detailed account.' Geographical

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This is a history of mountaineering adventure, celebrating 150 Years of the Alpine Club, from the author of the bestselling "Everest". The Alpine Club was the world's first mountaineering club, and is Britain's only national club for Alpinists. Its history is also the history of mountaineering; and its story is the story of those men with a passion for adventure who accomplished extraordinary feats against the odds. Since the Alpine Club was founded in 1857 its members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration. George Band begins his story at the very conception of the Alpine Club and takes us through the evolution of an exclusive Alpine tradition, how climbing developed between the wars, right through to post-war successes. He explores the Golden Decade of the 8000m Peaks during the 1950s, and how improvements in technology have enabled even steeper faces and bigger walls to be conquered. With a collection of over 300 photos from the Alpine Club archives never before published, this is a beautiful book to own as well as a compelling read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 150 glorious years in 250 pages, 19 Jan 2007

By	S. J. Pardoe (NORTHWICH, Cheshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a masterly compilation of the AC's 150-year history, told through the achievements of its illustrious members and others, particularly in the two 'golden ages' of Alpine-style mountaineering. The first, in the mid 19th century, was epitomised by Whymper, Stephen, Mummery and others, who hired the best local Guides and make the best use of them, eventually climbing as unassisted Amateurs. Between the Wars, Shipton, Tilman and others explored the greater ranges, unsupported, for months on end. The second age has been since WWII, with landmark ascents of the 8,000 metre peaks, first Annapurna, then Everest and Kangchenjunga, the only one to be first climbed by Britons (Band himself, with Joe Brown). A new generation of British Alpinists such as Bonington, Boardman & Tasker, Fowler and Venables have continued the tradition, while finding new ways to expand the boundaries of the possible.

George Band's book is meticulously researched, beautifully illustrated, and well-written, by a man now well into his 70s. After being called up as the youngest member of John Hunt's 1953 team, he got to know and climb with many of the world's finest Alpinists, and his personal experience shines through the text. Inevitably, stirring stories have been edited for space - Herzog's Annapurna epic gets only one page - but the book achieves a good editorial balance, and is refreshingly free from jargon. Among many rarely-seen illustrations is a charming study of Hunt in conversation with Geoffrey Winthrop Young.

There's the odd slip - Reinhold Messner is variously categorised as West German (p155) or Austrian (p192), whereas he was born in the South Tyrol, part of Italy. Otherwise, the book delighted me, as I am sure it will thousands of 'armchair mountaineers', not to mention those whose names grace its pages.

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