
To Ride The Mountain Winds
A History of Aerial Mountaineering and Rescue
Leslie J. Symons(Author)
Sandstone Press Ltd
Published on 22. April 2011
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-905207-60-2 (ISBN)
Description
To Ride the Mountain Winds, the first comprehensive history of aerial mountaineering, is written for everyone interested in the history of mountaineering and also those interested in the history of aviation and the limits to which pilots have pushed their machines and their skills. This should include not only climbers and flyers but also those airline passengers who, while sipping a gin and tonic in the luxury of a modern airliner, far above the shining snows, have paused to wonder what might happen if their jet-propelled magic carpet were forced suddenly to descend among them. Few will have pondered the connections between the histories of mountaineers and aviators but their interaction is almost as old as either.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dingwall
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
40
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905207-60-2 (9781905207602)
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