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Scrambles Amongst The Alps : A New Illustrated Edition by Edward Whymper; with additional illustrations and material from the author's unpublished diaries is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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When he first saw the Alps in 1860, Edward Whymper was a 20-year-old English wood engraver whose dream was to become an arctic explorer. Ambitious and hungry for adventure, he fell in love with the challenge the Alps presented and set out to conquer them peak by peak. Whymper made quick work of the challenge, racking up dozens of first ascents and acquiring a reputation as one of the best in the nascent field of mountaineering. But on the Matterhorn, considered to be mountaineering's Holy Grail at the time, Whymper met with failure again and again. On his eighth attempted ascent he finally succeeded, becoming the first man to reach its magnificent peak. The victory came at a heavy cost, however, as Whymper watched four of his companions fall to their deaths on the descent. It was a tragedy that would cast a shadow over the remainder of his life. <p>Published in 1871, <i>Scrambles Amongst the Alps</i> is Whymper's own story of his nine years spent climbing in the Alps. One of the first books devoted to the sheer thrill of mountaineering, it is a breathtaking account of the triumph of man over mountain in a time before thermal clothing, nylon ropes, global positioning systems, and ai

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Author

Edward Whymper; with additional illustrations and material from the author's unpublished diaries

Publisher

Peregrine Smith Books

Published

1871

Language

EN

ISBN

9780879052393

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Travel, History, Biography

Updated

2026-03-24