Climbing Collection (page 16)

Whymper climbs the Matterhorn
Crossing a narrow ice shelf on the Dent Blanche peak at 4357m, Whymper climbs the Matterhorn

Mr Popple throws his hat at the fox, much to the Master of Fox Hounds disgust

Sport / Climbing / Peck
ANNIE PECK The American climber who attempted many dangerous ascents in the Andes

Sopwith Pups in Belgium
Two Sopwiths Pups fly over a war-time aerodrome in Belgium, climbing to the necessary height for their patrol

Climbing / Oxygen / 1923
Mountain climbing at high altitude using oxygen masks with the cylinders strapped to their backs

Fun at Ostend
High jinks with a beach ball at Ostend as a group of young people form a pyramid shape by climbing on a bathing machine

Climbing the Pyramids
Egyptian men stand on the lower levels of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, ready to assist adventurous tourists, keen to scale the mighty structure

Toss up for Derby 1849
A toss up for the Derby A satire on gambling

Brit Expedition Survey
Members of the British Everest Expedition survey the mountains

Brit Expedition Group
Members of the British Everest Expedition pose for a photograph; Bruce and Mallory stand on the left and middle, respectively

Ascent of Mt. Cook 1882
The first ascent of Mount Cook, New Zealand

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

Hugo / Funeral / Concorde
VICTOR HUGO Place de La Concorde, Paris, on the day of the French novelists funeral

Welsh Bus on Hill
Wales is a hilly country, and its buses are frequently called on to perform quite remarkable feats of climbing, especially when carrying their full complement of passengers

Children / Seaside Paddle
Children paddling and climbing on rocks on the beach. Date: 1903

Tourist Climbs Pyramid
A tourists aided in his ascent of one of the Giza pyramids

Italian Camp for Women
A summer camp for women members of the Italian Alpine Club, high in the mountains but with comfortingly solid buildings to sleep in after a hard days climbing

Passenger Lift
This 170-metre passenger lift enables tourists to ascend the Burgenstock, on the Vierwaldstallersee, without the effort of climbing

Tin Miners / Camborne
Miners climbing from the sixty- to the fifty-fathom level in King Edwards mine, near Camborne, Cornwall

Competing for Pig
Country bumpkins compete for a sucking pig fixed to the top of a greasy pole

The Club Room of Zermatt
The club-room of Zermatt, including Ulrich Lavener, Franz Andermatten, Peter Taugwalder, Peter Perrn and J.J. Maquignoz

Lemur Black-Eared 19C
Black-eared mouse lemur climbing a tree

Young Animals at Play
Young animals at play - leapfrog, hobbyhorse, climbing trees

Franciscea Etcive Floral
Franciscea Pohliana & Tropaeolum Brickwoodii, apparently?

Summit / Aiguille / Platz
On the summit slope of the Aiguille d Argentiere (3907 metres)

Matterhorn / M. Kunst / 1899
THE MATTERHORN On the Matterhorn

Lady Climber in the Alps
A lady climber and her companions negotiate a tricky corner in the Tirolean Alps

Matterhorn Summit
THE MATTERHORN Edward Whymper plants a flag on the summit

Climbing Chimney Sweep
Climbing chimney sweep

Fable / Fly & Coach
THE FLY AND THE COACH A carriage has difficulty climbing a steep slope; a fly, assuming it is important, bites the horses to spur them on, but is simply annoying

Lady on Phone 1919
Lady uses a candlestick telephone to receive congratulations on her husbands knighthood which she thinks will raise their status with the servants

Modern Zodiac - Virgo
The Modern Zodiac: An Artists Almanac of English Society. A womans profile in a hat with corn & wildflowers surrounded by scenes of excursions, hunting & holiday paraphenalia

Boys / Drainpipe 1882
Two boys appear to be trying to escape from boarding school in the middle of the night, by climbing down a drainpipe: Go slow, whatever you do !

Williamson / Leopard Shoot
SHOOTING A LEOPARD A leopard tries to escape by climbing a tree. While dogs leap up barking at the base, the leopard is shot by a man on an elephant

Whymper on Matterhorn
Whymper in danger from a rock- fall on the Matterhorn

Kamala Climbing
MIDNAPORE, INDIA Kamala, two years after living with wolves 1912-1920, climbs a mango-tree

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

Baron Munchhausen climbs to the Moon

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