Sara Wheeler

The quest for the world’s highest peaks

Daniel Light’s colourful account of early mountaineering across the globe takes in imperial surveyors, sporting alpinists and the first man to attempt Everest

The American explorer and mountaineer Fanny Bullock Workman. [Alamy] 
issue 31 August 2024

  • The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering

    Daniel Light

    Oneworld, pp. 416, £25

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