Mountaineering women : climbing through history / Joanna Croston ; foreword by Jasmin Paris ; contributions by Nandini Purandare and Ashima Shiraishi ; illustrated by Tessa Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croston, Joanna, author.

Contributor:

Paris, Jasmin, writer of foreword.

Purandare, Nandini, contributor.

Shiraishi, Ashima, contributor.

Lyons, Tessa, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mountaineering--History.

Mountaineering.

Women mountaineers--History.

Women mountaineers.

Women mountaineers--Biography.

Mountaineers--Biography.

Mountaineers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2025.

Summary:

"The first illustrated book to celebrate the remarkable stories and achievements of twenty of the most daring women mountaineers from around the globe. As adventure pursuits like climbing and mountaineering continue to gain popularity on the world stage, women's visibility in the sport has also grown. Mountaineering Women is the first publication of its kind, a richly illustrated collection of the awesome and oft surprising stories that celebrate the achievements of twenty women climbers from across the globe. From the Amazigh (Berbers) of the Atlas Mountains to the Inca Empire, high in the Andes, women have long traversed the world's most forbidding peaks. When, many centuries later, mountaineering took off as a sporting activity in the West, it was plucky Victorian women who defied convention to tackle the fabled summits of the European Alps. Yet despite the fact that women have a pronounced and rich history in the sport, they are conspicuously absent from mountaineering literature. Mountaineering Women seeks to redress a narrative that frequently focuses on the exploits of white, male 'explorers'. The climbers come from a wide range of nations, and each of their compelling stories is accompanied by a specially commissioned ink illustration and evocative black-and-white photographs. Three 16-page photographic sections, meanwhile, reveal the mountaineers in action and the mountainscapes in all their grandeur. Bookending the main chapters is a comprehensive introduction, written by Nandini Purandare, and a closing essay by Ashima Shiraishi, looking towards the future of the sport"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Climber stories. Junko Tabei and the first women's ascent of Everest

Gwen Moffat, the UK's first female mountain guide

Catherine Destivelle versus the Dru

Wasfia Nazreen and the Seven Summits

Wanda Rutkiewicz and her obsession with K2

Pat Deavoll faces Karim Sar

Brette Harrington and her free-solo of Chiaro di Luna

Lynn Hill and the first free ascent of the Nose

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and the race for the 8000-metre peaks

Ines Papert and the ice climb of her dreams

Élisabeth Revol's fight for survival on Nanga Parbat

Kei Taniguchi climbs Karnet

Sarah Hueniken on ice

Alison Hargreaves tackles the Alps

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa and the climb of her life

Hazel Findlay, with strong body and mind

Juliana Garc̕a's journey to be Latin America's first certified mountain guide

Sharon Wood's discoveries in the Andes

Lydia Bradey and her solo ascent of Everest

Tamara Lunger's love and loss on K2

The future of climbing / Ashima Shiraishi.

Notes:

"With 160 illustrations."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780500027172

050002717X

OCLC:

1499978568

Publisher Number:

CIPO000254485