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[MOUNTAINEERING]. [OUTRAM, James (1864-1925), association]. A manuscript mountaineering journal of the Swiss Pennine Alps. [Switzerland, 1899].
8vo. 122 pages of text, several blank pages. Contemporary full limp pebbled black morocco, marbled endleaves (later cloth tape spine, some edgewear to covers).
Records a three-week alpine adventure of mountain climbing, trekking, and exploring remote villages in the Pennine Alps, which features one ascent made to the summit of the Sasseneire with British reverend and mountaineer James Outram whom is best known for his pioneering ascents in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Also, with mention of the fatal climbing expedition of Owen Glynne Jones which took place only days after the writer was climbing in the same mountain range in Valais.