Invisible on Everest : Innovation and the Gear Makers

by Parsons, Mike C.; Rose, Mary B.

• ISBN13: 9781933255002
• ISBN10: 1933255005
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Author Biography

Mike Parsons has spent over 40 years in the outdoor equipment trade with an active and enthusiastic interest in all outdoor activities including mountaineering, fell running, mountain biking, kayaking and skiing. His expertise in designing and developing lightweight hiking and mountaineering gear has inspired him to take a passionate interest in the history and development of adventure-sport equipment Mary Rose is a history of business scholar at the Management School at Lancaster University, England. She is a keen and active mountain walker with a love of wild places. As consultant historian for the Quarry Bank Mill Museum, she wrote The Gregs of Quarry Bank Mill: The Rise and Decline of a Family Business

Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY DOUG SCOTT	VII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	VI
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION	1	(13)
Chapter 2 THE HISTORY OF POLAR AND SNOW TRAVEL	14	(30)
Chapter 3 BIVOUACS BY CANDLELIGHT	44	(41)
Equipping the Victorian and Edwardian Mountaineer, 1850-1914
Chapter 4 BROADENING HORIZONS	85	(24)
Women's Climbing Dress in a Hidden World
Chapter 5 WIDENING PARTICIPATION AND THE MARKET PLACE, 1890-1939	109	(25)
Chapter 6 THE ORIGINS OF THE CLIMBING TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT	134	(43)
Chapter 7 THE OBSESSION WITH EVEREST, 1921-1953	177	(39)
Chapter 8 A GOLDEN AGE OF INNOVATION, 1960-1995	216	(48)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATION REPRODUCTIONS	264	(2)
NOTES AND REFERENCES	266	(17)
INDEX	283