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Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1840-1911) one of the leading figures of the early years of Alpine climbing. He is best known, of course, for his many attempts on the Matterhorn, and for the loss of four members of his climbing party after the successful first ascent of the peak in July, 1865. Although the Matterhorn stands in ways in the center of his book, there are descriptions of many other ascents as well, in the Alps of France and Italy, as well as those of Switzerland. His book, incidentally, has many of his drawings in it (he was originally an illustrator by profession), and listeners might wish to call up the .pdf file from which it is read, to have the benefit of the illustrations. (Introduction by Nicholas Clifford)
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Anne -- here are some notes to the above form, which may or may not be helpful.
a) I hope the facts that a) Whymper ultimately climbed the Matterhorn, and b) that his party suffered a terrible accident on the descent do not count as spoilers. (After all, if it were a book about Sir Edmund Hillary, would we try to hold back his being one of the two men who were the first to reach Everest?) The dramatic story of the first ascent and the accident is known to just about everyone who cares about mountains and mountaineering; but if you prefer, you could use this:
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1840-1911) one of the leading figures of the early years of Alpine climbing. He is best known, of course, for his many attempts on the Matterhorn, then unclimbed, and though the Matterhorn stands in ways in the center of his book, there are descriptions of many other ascents as well, in the Alps of France and Italy, as well as those of Switzerland. His book, incidentally, has many of his drawings in it (he was originally an illustrator by profession), and listeners might wish to call up the .pdf file from which it is read, to have the benefit of the illustrations.
b) have said 22 sections, for there are 22 chapters, and the preface can go with Chap. I. But some of the chapters are quite long, and I may find one or two that I’m going to have to break into two sections.
c) Furthermore, the text I am reading from is a .pdf of the 1872 publication by J.P. Lippincott in Philadelphia in 1872, and I assume it’s identical to the first English edition (published by John Murray the same year). Whymper’s book has been published many times since its original appearance, and I think it’s still in print, in one version or another. Some of the later editions had changes, the addition of notes and appendices, and so forth.
d) Finally, Whymper’s work has some – not many – footnotes. I’ve chosen to read those that have to do directly with the text, such as those that explain something, but not those that simply reference other works.
Hope you enjoy it.
Best, Nick
