Record Number: 18397
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My early reading had been confined to the work of the pioneers, and in consequence it never occurred to me that big mountains coud be climbed without guides.[...] I had acquired a copy of Abraham's "Swiss Mountain Climbs" which set out in depressing detail the official tariffs of the great peaks, the study of which acted as a constant check on my ambitions.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Aug 1907
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:adolescent
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:English (born in Ceylon)
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Swiss Mountain Climbs
Genre:Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1911 Mills and Boon [sic]
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:18397
Source:Eric Shipton
Editor:n/a
Title:Upon That Mountain: in The Six Mountain Travel Books
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1999 (1943)
Vol:n/a
Page:326
Additional Comments:
The source text is Shipton's autobiographical memoir of various climbing and formative experiences.
Citation:
Eric Shipton, Upon That Mountain: in The Six Mountain Travel Books, (London, 1999 (1943)), p. 326, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18397, accessed: 08 February 2026
Additional Comments:
The reference in the reading experience to 'the work of the pioneers' almost certainly implies, among other works, the Edward Whymper's great classic "Scrambles amongst the Alps"(1871). See record 18391
