Description
Subterranean Climbers, Twelve years in the world’s deepest chasm
Pierre Chevalier
Classic caving book. Pierre Chevalier was a well-known French caver and mountaineer. He is principally known for the exploration of the Dent de Crolles cave system over a twelve-year period (1936 – 1947) – the deepest cave in the world. Pierre Chevalier’s narrative takes the reader through all the thrills and frustrations of modern cave explorationAs a result of the Speleo Club de Lyon’s explorations, several different through routes are now available for the sporting caver within a system now some 55 kilometres total length.
Hardback. No dust jacket. Blue cloth cover in good condition. Gilt lettering on spine. Reg Vallintine bookplate on inside front cover.
223 pages
Black and white photographs
136 mm x 224 mm (approx. 5.75 in x 8.75 in)
1951, Faber and Faber Ltd, London