| To Ride the Mountain Winds: A History of Aerial Mountaineering and Rescue Contributor(s): Symons, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1908737417 ISBN-13: 9781908737410 Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - History - Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering |
| Dewey: 796.522 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To Ride the Mountain Winds, the first comprehensive history of aerial mountaineering, is written for everyone interested in the history of mountaineering and also those interested in the history of aviation, and the limits to which pilots have pushed their machines and their skills. This should include not only climbers and flyers but also those airline passengers who, while sipping a gin and tonic in the luxury of a modern airliner, far above the shining snows, have paused to wonder what might happen if their jet-propelled magic carpet were forced suddenly to descend among them. Few will have pondered the connections between the histories of mountaineers and aviators, but their interaction is almost as old as either. |