Norway, the Northern Playground: Sketches of Climbing and Mountain Exploration in Norway Between 1872 and 1903 —— Sketches of Climbing and Mountain Exploration in Norway Between 1872 and 1903

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ISBN: 9781527659476 出版年：2018 页码：586 Cecil Slingsby Forgotten Books

For over twenty years I have received letters regularly every spring from persons desirous of obtaining information about the mountains in Norway, the answering of which has afforded me much pleasure. On their return, my friends invariably wrote to tell me of their doings, and thus I have had an almost unique opportunity of noting the growth of the sport of mountaineering in the country and of realising that it is now established on a firm and an enduring basis, and that Norway has become recognised amongst mountaineers all the world over as one of our great playgrounds. Many have asked me to write a book on general climbing in the country; at last I yielded to the temptation, the result of which is embodied in this volume. Some friends wished me to keep well above the snow-line and to leave the fjords alone. This advice I have ignored, and have tried instead to interest the general tourist.