This Mountain Life

First 100 Years of the Rucksack Club

For over 100 years the Rucksack Club has remained at the forefront of mountain exploration. This Moutain Life celebrates the fellowship, courage and spirit of al who share the mountain life.

From early beginnings in Edwardian Manchester to nailing a headwall on El Capitan, this is the story of adventurous lives. This Mountain Life draws on inspiration from the pioneers of British mountaineering histoy, from alpinists and cragrats, from long distance walkers, from active support teams, from a membership bound together by an ethos of challenge and fellowship.

Exploits of members have been recorded for decades as archival memoires in the Rucksack Club Journals, but here for the first time, is a pictorial record told through the photographs of past and present members. They are stories of daring, commitment and sacrifice, a common language of those who go to mountains.

This Mountain Life celebrates the first hundred years of the blub's remakable history.