Women climbing – 200 years of achievement –

“For almost two hundred years women have taken up the challenge to climb high and dangerous mountains. Their successes, often in the face of opposition from society, friends or family, rank among the finest mountaineering feats ever recorded.

This book recounts the achievement of such resilient climbers as Miriam O’Brien from America, Loulou Boulaz from Switzerland, Catherine Destivelle from France, Louise Shepherd from Australia, and Wanda Rutkiewicz from Poland.
It relives the story of Juko Tabei’s personal sacrifices in reaching the summit of Everest, and recalls the tragic 1974 international expedition to the Russian High Pamirs.

Interspersed with nostalgic photographs and anecdotes gleaned from interviews with the authors, Women Climbing describes the major role women have played in the development of mountaineering, from early Alpinism to modern free ascents.”