The classic collection of one hundred of the finest climbing articles and stories ever written. As compiled by Ken Wilson. Al Alvarez has provided a concise and thought provoking introdution.

A companion volume to Mirrors in the Cliffs.

Some of the essays are
The Greatest Climber in The World, Bernard Amy
Mirror Mirror, Ed Drummond
and Coonyard Mouths Off, Yvon Chouinard

The writing is leavened throughout with Sheridan Anderson's gently vicious cartoons.