Moving Mountains
Intrepid Women Climbers and the Peaks Named in Their Honour
Format:Hardback
Publisher:The History Press Ltd
Publishing:13th Aug '26
£25.00
This title is due to be published on 13th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A celebration of pioneering women climbers
Moving Mountains celebrates nine extraordinary women who reached the pinnacles of exploration and are immortalised in mountains named for them. Defying altitude, expectations and convention, they reached some of the highest places on Earth, achieving an honour long reserved for men and monarchs. Though their names endure on soaring summits, their remarkable stories have largely gone untold … until now.
As we witness their courage amid avalanches, blizzards and breath-stealing heights, their stories unfold against sweeping landscapes of ice, rock and snow. Their lives are testimony to the uphill struggle for recognition in a world that challenged their right to climb at all. Here they reveal the mountains they moved – both literal and symbolic – to realise their dreams.
These are the women you are about to meet:
- Sacajawea
- Meta Brevoort
- Isabella Charlet-Straton
- Annie Smith Peck
- Elizabeth Le Blond
- Gertrude Benham
- Gertrude Bell
- Junko Tabei
- Samina Baig
‘Moving Mountains is a beautifully penned book filled with the inspiring stories of fearless women who challenged the impossible. A must-read for lovers of mountains and bold women alike.’
-- Dr Jacki Hill-Murphy, explorer and author of The Life and Travels of Isabella Bird‘… a fascinating look at women in the mountains and how figures such as Gertrude Benham, Annie Smith Peck and Lizzie Le Blond laid a trail that we are still following today.’
-- Emma McDonald, Alpine Club Librarian‘An inspiring and entertaining read, essential for all those interested in great deeds in high places.’
-- Eugene Rae, Principal Librarian, Royal Geographical Society (withISBN: 9781803994512
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