Unjustifiable Risk?: The Story of British Climbing

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Before 1854: In Search of the Sublime From gloom to glory Aesthetes and heroes Chapter 3 1854-65: A Conscious Divinity Chapter 4 1865-1914: Gentlemen and Gymnasts The Alps The Lake District North Wales Scotland Outcrops The Greater Ranges Chapter 5 1914-39: Organised Cowardice The Lake District North Wales Scotland Outcrops The Alps The Greater Ranges Chapter 6 1939-70: Hard Men in an Affluent Society North Wales The Lake District Scotland Outcrops The Alps The Greater Ranges Chapter 7 After 1970: Reinventing the Impossible Rock climbing Mountaineering Chapter 8 Because it's there? Notes List of Photographs Appendix I A Note on Grades Appendix II Glossary of Climbing Terms Selected Bibliography Index