Dragons on the tops of mountains kept them safe until the age of scientific enquiry and the sudden realisation that an unmapped corner of the globe lay just a few days journey away from London. Cue the formation of the British Alpine Club and a desperate scramble to claim the summit of every peak in sight. A wonderful tale of eccentrics, fanatics and gentlemen climbers all strung together with rope the thickness of a washing line.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 39 April 2007 ) |
