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Title: The making of a mountaineer

Author: George Ingle Finch

Release date: October 10, 2022 [eBook #69128]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Arrowsmith, 1924

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THE MAKING OF A MOUNTAINEER

Climbing the Matterhorn by the Zmutt ridge.

“We had to cut steps across a wide ice slope” (page 187).

Frontispiece

THE MAKING
OF
A MOUNTAINEER

BY

GEORGE INGLE FINCH

WITH SEVENTY-EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE DRAWING AND TWO DIAGRAMS

ARROWSMITH :: LONDON :: W.C.1

First published in May, 1924

Printed in Great Britain by
J. W. ARROWSMITH LTD.
11 Quay St. & 12 Small St., Bristol

To

MY WIFE