There was just so much good stuff left over after my last post about Edward Whymper and his celebrated Guide that I thought I would throw some other interesting stuff up here for everybody's edification. Equipment is always good to know about, so here are some adverts:
For the most part, the Guide advertises the stock of London publishers, particularly those offering material of interest to travelers and mountaineers. For those back in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, books of this kind were almost always the first port of call in getting ready to ship out.
"Mrs Bishop" is, of course, the intrepid Isabella Bird, who lived in China with her missionary husband and who was instrumental in ending the practice of foot-binding among Chinese women.
And finally, there's this: apparently Whymper traveled about the world's volcanoes collecting "volcanic dust" which he flogged off to the eager in glass bottles. I'm not sure what this material was actually used for, but intrepid Keepers might decide that Andean volcano-dust is an essential ingredient for making the Powder of ibn-Ghazi. Good, therefore, to know it's on the market!
Because you never know when something like this might happen...!
Happy Mountaineering!
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