My Ascent Of Mont Blanc
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In 1858, the indominitable Henriette d'Angeville climbed Mont Blanc. And what a climb it was! A few years earlier several male mountaineers had been killed in an avalanche, and the porters and guides she approached in the village of Chamonix at the foot of the mountain were loath to accompany her.
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Henriette let neither disapproval nor disbelief daunt her. In an astonishingly short fifteen-day period, she hatched her plan, organized provisions, and hired her retinue.
Throughout her adventure, Henriette kept a diary. She was a sharp-eyed observer, as conscious of the human drama she had set in train as the difficulties and beauties of the climb itself. Her courage and down-to-earth humor illuminate every page of her story, impressive today but almost incredible in 1838. Her own character is as intriguing as the legendary mountain she conquered.
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