Publisher's Synopsis
Includes articles on the accounts of big climbs in the Alps and Himalayas, wanderings in the Swiss Jura and Pirin mountains of Bulgaria, the botanical delights of the Yulong Shan in South West China, the pleasures of living in a snow cave on South Georgia, ascent in far-off Kanchatka in 1788 and remarkable events at the Alpine Club dinner. This book also includes Paula Biner as she reminisces about Hotel Bahnhof in Zermatt, a haven for many British climbers, and current controversies about the dangers of climbing at extreme altitude and on the use and misuse of bolts on climbing routes. This book follows on from "The Alpine Journal 1989/1990".
