Climbers Collection (page 2)

Climbing the Geyenstein, Saxony
Men climbing the frowning summit of the Geyenstein in Saxony, Germany. 1928

Mountain Climber Date: 1948

MONT BLANC SNOW BRIDGE
A snow bridge on Mont Blanc, with climbers breakfasting on it! Date: c1860

Switzerland - summit of Vrenelisgartli - Glarnisch massif
Mountaineers at the summit of Vrenelisgartli - one of the peaks of the Glarnisch mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the Swiss canton of Glarus, Switzerland

Climbers at the peak of a mountain in the Churfirsten range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Picnic on the summit of a Swiss Alpine peak. Date: circa 1910s

Scawfell Lake District climbers Victorian period

Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

K2 mountaineers - Lacedelli & Compagnoni
Lino Lacedelli (1925 - 2009) on the left, alongside Achille Compagnoni (1914 - 2009), the two climbers who made the first successful ascent to the summit of K2 on 31 July 1954

Animals of Mount Everest, 1924
Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Alien Room
THE ALIEN ROOM - Climbers find a spaceship on Everest - they enter it, one of them presses a button and whoosh ! off to Outer Space !

Flowering shrubs
A variety of flowering shrubs and bushes including roses, rhododendrons and honeysuckle. Date: 1930

Crossing a Crevasse - Climbing Mont Blanc, France
Crossing a Crevasse with ladders - Climbing Mont Blanc, France. Date: circa 1905

Norway - Briksdalsbreen Glacier Date: circa 1910s

Climbing Mont Blanc - Chamonix - La Cabanne Vallot Date: 1927

Rock climbing near Porthcurno, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Scez, Val D isere
A party of climbers at Spez in the Val d Isere. Date: 1837

The Summit of White Pass, Alaska - Two flags
The Summit of White Pass, Alaska - Under two flags. White Pass is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the US state of Alaska

Alpinism at the beggining of 20th c

King Gustav & Guests
GUSTAV V, KING OF SWEDEN (1912-1950), chatting to a gathering of ladies and gentlemen after a tennis match. Date: 1858 - 1950

Romania - Mount Caraiman
An outcrop of rocks on Mount Caraiman (at a height of 2500 metres). The mountain overlooks the town of Busteni sitting in the deep valley below. Date: 1901

Cairmgorms Summit
A family on the rocky summit of one of the Caingorm range of mountains, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Commer Charabanc
These Commer chassis are splendid hill climbers and very useful in hilly and difficult country. Date: 1914

Glacier Peak
Climbers reach the peak of a glacier. Date: 1930s

Langdale Pikes
Hardy climbers on snowy summits of Langdale Pikes, Cumbria, Lake District, England Date: 1950s

Thorpe Cloud
Climbers on the slopes of Thorpe Cloud (900 feet high), looking towards Thorpe Village, Derbyshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Cow & Calf Rocks, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. These rocks are well known landmarks, the size being indicated by the climbers at the top. Date: 1950s

Jungfrau Mountain Allegory
A stylised (and rather bizarre) view of the Jungfrau Mountain, depicted as... a Jungfrau! Date: 1908

Derbyshire Climbing
Two climbers make their way up a steep rockface. Date: 1950s

K2 Conquered
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954

The ascention of an Ice Pillar, Switzerland
The ascention of an Ice Pillar (formed by the intersection of crevasses), Switzerland

The Crevasse by Alfred Bestall
Illustration by Alfred Bestall showing mountain climbers at the edge of a steep crevasse

Chapel / Ightham Mote
The Chapel doorway of the moated manor house of Ightham Mote, Kent dating from the 1340s. Through a passageway in the building a bridge over the moat can be seen

Climbing : LA Meije
Two climbers are photographed as they ascend La Meije, in the Alpes Francaises

Climbing, Alps (Photo)
Three victorious climbers are photographed - from a considerable distance ! - by one of their companions

Climbers Pause for Love
Two climbers pause for amorous refreshment on a mountainside

Mont Blanc Snow Bridge
A bridge of snow on Mont Blanc - with some brave climbers crossing it !

Sport / Climbing / Himalayas
In their Everest attempt, English climbers Bruce and Finch reach 8300 metres, helped with oxygen apparatus

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