Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1 Approach -- 2 First Beginnings -- 3 Petticoat Pioneers -- 4 Gallant Successors -- 5 Ladies Only -- 6 Like Mother, Like Daughter -- 7 Wider Horizons -- 8 From Strength to Strength -- 9 Invitation to Everest -- 10 'Out to the Undiscovered Ends' -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
First published in 1973, Women on the Rope provides the first consecutive story of the feminine share in mountain adventure', a share which has grown from tiny beginnings in 1808 to a level at which women have won their place at Everest expeditions. Cicely Williams provides a book which combines exact and detailed knowledge of a little-known chapter of human enterprise with that zest for life and love of mountains that have brought her so many friends. This is a book for mountaineers, for social historians, and for the fireside connoisseur of good storytelling
