Mountaineering in Scotland: The Early Years

From Ken Crocket, author of Ben Nevis – Britain’s Highest Mountain, comes the full story of the dawning of mountaineering in Scotland. It will shock many to discover that, within a few years, Victorian climbers brought climbing in Scotland to technical levels not surpassed until the 1940s. The book breaks new ground by offering a comprehensive record of these early pioneers, when almost every climb was new and falls could be fatal. Covering the time leading up to World War I and with nearly 70 photographs from the era, many published for the first time, the deeds of characters big and small are described in detail.