The first illustrated book to celebrate the remarkable stories and achievements of twenty of the most daring women mountaineers from around the globe.
Mountaineering Women celebrates twenty of the most inspiring female figures in the sport from across the globe. Their remarkable stories – from dramatic first ascents to reshaping cultural values and tragic accidents at great heights – are accompanied by rarely seen photographs and specially commissioned drawings and maps. These are women who dare to dream, to instigate change and to live.