ARGONAUT BOOKS

A riveting journey through the history of mountaineering - before Everest. Reviews 'A beautifully written and sure-footed history of mountaineering "before Everest", full of wonderful stories and spanning continents and centuries. A splendid debut.' -Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'Wonderful… a massive story with an enormous cast of characters, among them some of the most compelling figures of mountaineering history.' -Wade Davis, author of Into the Silence 'Hugely entertaining... The tone is brisk, chummy and companionable: the reader feels safe on the end of Light'...Read More