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The Day the Rope Broke
Ronald W Clark
The tragic story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn
- Format: Paperback/hardback
- Size: 210mm x 135mm
- Pages: 220
- ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-902512-17-4
- ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-902512-12-9
- Published: Revised edition 2007
Paperback £9.99
Hardback £14.99
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Synopsis
The first ascent of the Matterhorn in July 1865 is one of the key events in the history of mountaineering. It was the climax of five years' struggle by the English mountaineer Edward Whymper in competition with Jean Antonie-Carrel, the Italian mountain guide who had grown up in the mountain's shadow.
It also produced perhaps the most famous mountaineering accidents of the 19th century, bringing to an end the 'Golden Age of Alpine climbing'. This is the story of the events leading up to this remarkable ascent and its terrible aftermath. A gripping classic.
Contents
- Prologue: Men and the Matterhorn
One: The Cast Assembles
- Carrel and Bersagliere
- The Heir to the Marquess of Queensbury
- The Clergyman from the Crimea
- Whymper, the Man of the Matterhorn
Two: The Play Begins
- Parties Converging on a Mountain
- Parties Meeting below a Mountain
Three: The Tragedy
- Ascent
- Descent
Four: The Aftermath
- Search
- Enquiry
- What the Critics Said
- The Abiding Questions
- Bibliography
Paperback £9.99
Hardback £14.99
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