First On The Rope Author:R. Frison-Roche A SPLENDID, UTTERLY ENTHRALLING STORY OF MOUNTAN CLIMBING. — This fascinating novel is about the men who answer this strange call of mountain climbing in a few swift pages, the reader is swept instantly into the thin, rare, pure air of the high Alps, surrounded by glittering peaks and desolate passes, wonderful sunsets and wild winds. He never l... more »eaves this world, and, with those who dwell there, is held breathless by suspense, by terror, by the beauty and the wonder and the horror of the world in which these simple people live.
"For novelty, for thrills, for superb descriptions of mountain scenery and the fearful hazards of the life of the mountin climbers and mountain dwellers, put it at the top of your list."