Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0898863880, Hardcover)

With the former USSR becoming more accessible to climbers, skiers and trekkers, this book is a timely collection of classic writing about Europe's most neglected climbing area, opened up by men like Freshfield, Dent and Mummery. Audrey Salkeld is the author of "People in High Places", "The Mystery of Mallory and Irving" and editor of "One Step in the Clouds".