The Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain AdventureThis work provides a comprehensive look at the author's years with the Coniston Tigers, one of the first climbing clubs in the Lake District. It talks of his climbing with the great names such as George Basterfield, G.S. Sansom and C.F. Holland, and captures daring exploits of climbing in the 1930s long before modern safeguards. |
Contents
A Winter Transformation 23 | 11 |
Discovering the Hills | 15 |
Learning the Ropes | 29 |
Memories of Wasdale | 43 |
Deserted Fells | 58 |
Excitements on the Crags | 77 |
Over the Sea to Skye | 93 |
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The Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain Adventure Arthur Harold Griffin No preview available - 1999 |
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