A social, economic and cultural history of British rock climbing and
\nmountaineering charting the conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the
\nachievements and motives of those who have shaped its development over 200
\nyears. Today\u2019s climbers share a desire to escape from urban society but what
\nmakes them take that unjustifiable risk? <\/p>\n
To an impartial observer, Britain does not appear to have any mountains. Yet
\nthe British invented the sport of mountain climbing and for two periods in
\nhistory British climbers led the world in the pursuit of this beautiful and
\ndangerous obsession. Unjustifiable Risk? is the story of the social, economic
\nand cultural conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and
\nmotives of the scientists and poets, parsons and anarchists, villains and
\njudges, ascetics and drunks that have shaped its development over the past two
\nhundred years. <\/p>\n
Climbing has both reflected and influenced changing social attitudes to nature
\nand beauty, heroism and death. Over the years, increasing wealth, leisure and
\nmobility have gradually transformed the sport from an activity undertaken by
\nan eccentric and privileged minority into a popular part of the leisure and
\ntourist industry. But while much has changed, even more has remained the same.
\nToday\u2019s climbers would be instantly recognisable to their Victorian
\npredecessors, with their desire to escape from the crowded complexity of urban
\nlife, and willingness to take potentially unjustifiable risks in pursuit of
\nbeauty, adventure and self-fulfilment. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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