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How to Climb Mt. Blanc in a Skirt: A Handbook for the Lady Adventurer
• Which explorer found the lost site of Jesus' first
miracle?
• Who was first to the top of the highest mountain
in Peru?
• Who was the first Westerner to visit the Ottoman
harem in Constantinople?
• Who held the world record as the only person to fly
from Britain to Australia for 44 years?
You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in Mick Conefrey’s charming new b...more
miracle?
• Who was first to the top of the highest mountain
in Peru?
• Who was the first Westerner to visit the Ottoman
harem in Constantinople?
• Who held the world record as the only person to fly
from Britain to Australia for 44 years?
You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in Mick Conefrey’s charming new b...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
March 15th 2011
by Palgrave Macmillan
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a thoroughly ripping read, it made me want to get my exploring boots on and hotfoot it to the Amazon or Darkest Africa.
In the history of exploration, avaition, mountineering and the like the women who forged their way through jungle, accross glaciers or flew accross sees are often overlooked. So when this came up as the Kindle Deal of the Day i couldn't resist it.
It's in public-transport friendly, or bedtime-reading sized chunks, and is a well written jog through a brief explanation of the journ...more
In the history of exploration, avaition, mountineering and the like the women who forged their way through jungle, accross glaciers or flew accross sees are often overlooked. So when this came up as the Kindle Deal of the Day i couldn't resist it.
It's in public-transport friendly, or bedtime-reading sized chunks, and is a well written jog through a brief explanation of the journ...more
One of the few non-fiction books that swept me up and carried me away! Loved the narrative of the writing. While the author has a male voice, his attention to the feminine issues discussed is wonderful. Inspiring and fun, by the end of the book I was ready to hitch up my skirt and climb a mountain myself.
Though this book reads likes a college essay on women explorers, I still enjoyed learning about the wide variety of women and their adventures. There is little depth, just a simple lighthearted reporting on women adventurers over the last 200 years.
I enjoyed this book immensely! Never the less, it took me a while to get through because after reading each vignette, I HAD to look up photos and read more about that particular explorer. I now have a whole slew of fascinating women to admire, and hopefully inspire my own traveling adventures. Not to mention, several of their books to read!
Ascending a mountain in Victorian skirts and petticoats can be done. Well researched, with more useful survival tips, and a joy to read, especially for an armchair traveller.
This was fun and educational. I now have some names to look up for more in depth reading on female explorers.
This interesting topic was covered with no depth whatsoever; each explorer was described in about 3 paragraphs. Too bad, because I wanted to enjoy it.
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Could have done without all the 'so we find women are better than men at x and worse at x'. The material is interesting enough on its own without clumsy editorial gender commentary.
This was a really interesting read!
A fun read.
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