Unjustifiable Risk? The Story of British climbing
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Unjustifiable Risk?
The Story of British Climbing by Simon Thompson
A social, economic and cultural history of British rock climbing and mountaineering charting the conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and motives of those who have shaped its development over 200 years. Today's climbers share a desire to escape from urban society but what makes them take that unjustifiable risk? More...
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Before 1854: In Search of the Sublime
From gloom to glory
Aesthetes and heroes
Chapter 3 1854–65: A Conscious Divinity
Chapter 4 1865–1914: Gentlemen and Gymnasts
The Alps
The Lake District
North Wales
Scotland
Outcrops
The Greater Ranges
Chapter 5 1914–39: Organised Cowardice
The Lake District
North Wales
Scotland
Outcrops
The Alps
The Greater Ranges
Chapter 6 1939–70: Hard Men in an Affluent Society
North Wales
The Lake District
Scotland
Outcrops
The Alps
The Greater Ranges
Chapter 7 After 1970: Reinventing the Impossible
Rock climbing
Mountaineering
Chapter 8 Because it’s there?
Notes
List of Photographs
Appendix I A Note on Grades
Appendix II Glossary of Climbing Terms
Selected Bibliography
Index
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