In Search Of Peaks Passes Glaciers Irish Pioneers In The Alps And Beyond
Publisher: The Collins Press
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781848891784
Description: No goggles or glacier glasses, no hi-tech axes or day-glo Gore-Tex adorned Alpinists of the mid-19th century. From the 1850s to the early 20th century, the achievements of Irish mountaineers are largely obscured in British historical accounts. This book sets the record straight. Frank Nugent, mountaineer-explorer, reveals a significant Irish contribution beginning with the 'golden age of alpine mountaineering' when the first ascents of mountains like the Eiger and Weisshorn and the first traverse of the Matterhorn from Italy were by Irish climbers.