Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator (1892), by Edward Whymper
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Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator (1892), by Edward Whymper
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Edward Whymper ( 1840 – 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865; four members of his party were killed during the descent. Whymper also made important first ascents on the Mont Blanc massif and in the Pennine Alps, South America, and the Canadian Rockies. His exploration of Greenland contributed an important advance to Arctic exploration. Whymper wrote several books on mountaineering, including Scrambles Amongst the Alps. Since Mr. Whymper published his "Scramble! among the Alps," his name has been a household word among his countrymen. The quality of the man is again shown in his new book of ‘ Travels among the ‘ Great Andes of the Equator.’ From the rocky island of Diego Ramirez, south of Cape Horn, nearly to the mouth of the Mackenzie River, which opens into the Arctic Ocean, the Cordilleras of the Andes form a sort of gigantic backbone to the two American continents, following the western coastline for almost three thousand leagues. For reasons which he explains, Mr. Whymper determined to explore the summits of this chain, which occur in the republic of the Equator, or Ecuador. Though weapons and ammunition of war were neither taken nor needed, these natural fortresses were not to be stormed, for any useful purpose, without the preparation, forethought, and expense that are suggestive of a military campaign. Had Mr. Whymper’s ambition only been to set foot on the tiptop of Chimborazo, an attempt in which Humboldt and Boussingault had successively failed, he might probably have gratified his desire at far less cost and with far less trouble than that which he, in fact, expended upon that lordly mountain and some of its peers. But he was bent upon surveying the country, ascertaining the true heights of its chief eminences, comparing the accuracy of the aneroid with that of the mercurial barometer, bringing home specimens of the rocks and of the flora and fauna of the elevated regions, and determining the range of altitude within which various species of plants and animals can live and flourish. Above all, he wished to experiment upon himself and his companions in regard to mountain sickness. CONTENTS. I. FROM LONDON TO GUARANDA. II. FROM GUARANDA TO THE FIRST CAMP ON CHIMBORAZO. III. THE FIRST ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. IV. FROM CHUQUIPOQUIO TO AMBATO, LATACUNGA AND MACHACHI. V. ON AN ASCENT OF CORAZON, AND WALKS IN THE LANES OF MACHACHI. VI. ON COTOPAXI AND ILLINIZA. VII. THE ASCENT OF COTOPAXI, AND A NIGHT ON THE SUMMIT. VIII. THE FIRST ASCENT OF SINCHOLAGUA. IX. ON QUITO AND THE QUITONIANS. X. THE FIRST ASCENT OF ANTISANA. XI. UPON AN ASCENT OF PICHINCHA. XII. THE FIRST ASCENT OF CAYAMBE. XIII. THE FIRST ASCENT OF SARA-URCU. XIV. ON THE PROVINCE OF IMBABURA, AND THE FIRST ASCENT OF COTOCACHI. XV. A VISIT TO THE PYRAMIDS OF QUITO. XVI. UPON A WALK ON THE QUITO ROAD, AND A JOURNEY TO ALTAR. XVII. THE FIRST ASCENT OF CARIHUAIRAZO. XVIII. ON THE SECOND ASCENT OF CHIMBORAZO. XIX. UPON SOME RESULTS OF THE JOURNEY. XX. RETURN TO GUAYAQUIL—CONCLUSION. This book originally published in 1892 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional imperfection from the original publication or from the reformatting.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A priceless trip to Ecuador as it once was. By A. Tetrault One of the finest and most enjoyable books that I have had the pleasure to read. As someone who has had the chance to hike the Ecuadorian Andes, this book showed me an earlier excursion to the of the same peaks, written by the man who was the first to scale them. Additionally, his own wood block prints illustrate his adventure. Five big stars!
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