Mountaineering: A Woman's Guide

By Andrea Gabbard

The exciting story of Andrea Gabbard's climb up Mount Rainier with her two companions becomes a full course in alpine mountaineering for women.Gabbard delves into the hows and whys of high-altitude... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071034021
• ISBN13: 9780071034029
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An excellent "how to" book for women in mountaineering.

This book is well written, concise, and informative. It deals with most aspects of mountaineering that could be of interest to both men and women. However, Ms. Gabbard also addresses the special issues and problems with equipment, clothing etc. that confront women in this sport. The book has alot of good advice and tips. The photos and drawings are superb. Being a woman in hiking and mountaineering, I learned alot from this book. I especially enjoyed the tale of the two women who were attempting to climb Mt. Rainier. It is exciting to see if they make it or not. I would recommend it to all women, novice or expert, who are interested in the sport of moutaineering. We need more books like this to help and inspire women to attempt to do things they may not think they can do!