Welzenbach's Climbs -- A Biographical Study & The Collected Writings Of Willo Welzenbach

Roberts, Eric

Published by The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1981

About this Item

FIRST PRINTING. Original blue boards, gilt lettering spine. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket that is 100% complete, clean, no tears, no chips. This book measures 222mm tall x 135mm, and has 271 pages, 36 b/w photos, index. Welzenbach, superb climber, is credited with being first to use an ice piton, and invented modern route grading. He made many first ascents & climbs in the Bernese Alps. He died in 1934 on Nanga Parbat; Roberts, the author of this book, died at age 33 on Annapurna.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Welzenbach's Climbs -- A Biographical Study & The Collected Writings Of Willo Welzenbach
• Publisher: The Mountaineers, Seattle
• Publication Date: 1981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mountains Alps
  • Mountaineering
  • Mountains Karakoram Himalaya