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Camp Six

Frank Smythe’s Camp Six is one of the greatest Everest accounts ever written.It is the story of...

The Kangchenjunga Adventure

'We went to Kangchenjunga in response not to the dictates of science, but in obedience to that in...

Climbs and Ski Runs

'Why do you climb?' The mountaineer has no answer to this question. The best things in the world ...

Mountaineering Holiday

There is no holiday like a mountaineering holiday. For eleven months the mountaineer has sighed f...

The Valley of Flowers

In his delightful Valley of Flowers, mountaineer Frank Smythe takes you on a botanical expedition...

Kamet Conquered

Frank Smythe's fascinating book Kamet Conquered tells of his successful bid to make the first asc...

The Valley of Flowers

The Mountain Top - An Illustrated Anthology From the Prose and Pictures

A beautiful book on mountain climbing full of the romance and daring that characterized the pione...

A Camera in the Hills

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extre...

The Adventures of a Mountaineer

First published in 1940, The Adventures of a Mountaineer is a highly detailed account of the expe...

Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extre...

The Valley of Flowers

In 1931, a party of British mountaineers-including Frank S. Smythe-on their way back from a succe...