Scrambles Amongst the Alps (National Geographic Adventure Classics)When he first saw the Alps in 1860, Edward Whymper was a 20 year old English wood engraver whose dream was to become an arctic explorer. Ambitious and hungry for adventure, he fell in love with the challenge the Alps presented and set out to conquer them peak by peak. Whymper made quick work of the challenge, racking up dozens of first ascents and acquiring a reputation as one of the best in the nascent field of mountaineering. But on the Matterhorn,