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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Climbing Days

Climbing Days

Pilley, Dorothy
Richards, Dan

Paperback

Series: Canons

Hiking & ClimbingRock ClimbingWomen's Studies

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ISBN10: 1805302531
ISBN13: 9781805302537
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: Sep 3 2024
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English

A forgotten classic of 1920s mountaineering literature; Dorothy Pilley broke new ground for women in a sport dominated by men with her true account of adventure, endurance and daring

Dorothy Pilley was a pioneer of women's climbing a hundred years ago. She founded a club celebrating women's climbing and - starting in Wales, the Lake District and Skye - she went on to climb the major mountain ranges of Europe throughout the 1920s. She was instrumental in helping to take women on a mountain from being seen as a dangerous liability on the rock to serious mountaineers with impressive records on bravery, skill and endurance.

First published in 1935 and reissued in 1965, the book is a daredevil tale of adventure, near-death slips and rapturous achievement in high places, interleaved with moments highlighting the particular challenges of being a woman in a sport seen as the province of men.

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