Mountaineering Freedom of Hills

MOUNTAINEERING AND MOUNTAIN CLUB SERIALS: A Guide to English Language Titles. Complied by Virginia Seisser and Robert Lockerby. Pp. 180, 1990. (The Scarecrow Press, London, Price not stated).

With much being published about mountaineering. The above title should prove a useful guide. If covers ‘The Serials’, ‘Publishing Organization Index’ and ‘Geographic Index’ for U.S. and the world. In a very concise format it gives all available detail about the publications. It is tremendous amount of work and reference that could have led to this, — almost like having a computer disc in print!

Harish Kapadia

MOUNTAINEERING. The Freedom of the Hills. Editor Don Graydon. Pp. 446, sketches and line drawings, 1992. (The Mountaineers, Seattle, $ 22.95).
Fifth editiion of the celebrated guide book to mountaineering. This revised edition in four major sections tells you all about the techniques like climbing, rescue, glacier travel, rappeling etc. It also introduces one to route finding, navigation, use of altimetres and allied crafts. A most contemporary and comprehensive source on mountaineering.

Harish Kapdia