M for Mountains

by Stephen Venables

If you want to read about Chris Bonnington's exploits look under the 'B' section in this book. Where are the Changabang Mountains; how does a mountaineer cope with dehydration; how does the process of erosion affect mountains and how does frosbite affect the mountaineer? - the answers to all these questions are also included. Read about the animals, plant life, the native people, the weather, the history, the myths and the mountains themselves, including the Himalaya, Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro, Everest, Ben Nevis - as well as some not so famous ones including the Lemon Mountains and the Ogre.

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 1993

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is easily Stephen Venables' worst book. It's full of typos (like Drobislawa Wolf), incorrect information (a raven is a big crow) and it sounds like it was written for children ("According to scientists, the Earth's crust is made up of shifting 'techtonic plates'.). What a disappointment. Because it's designed as an A-Z there is loads of repetition as maybe they think you'll pick a letter at random to read about? We had to hear about his broken legs on Panch Chuli V about three separate times! He's an intelligent, literate, and interesting guy so I really don't know what happened to bring about this shonky book.