Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69

Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one of the best representations of writing from the golden age of mountaineering in the mid and late 1800’s. Edward Whymper, the author, became interested in mountaineering when in 1860 he was asked by a London publisher to make sketches of the famous peaks of the Alps. That led to an early and successful climb of France’s Mount Pelvoux in 1861, and from then on, Whymper was hooked and made numerous other climbs in the Alps.