{"product_id":"climbing-days-9780571311927","title":"Climbing Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Climbing Days  Dan Richards is on the trail of his great-great-aunt  Dorothy Pilley  a prominent and pioneering mountaineer of the early twentieth century. For years  Dorothy and her husband  I. A. Richards  remained mysterious to Dan  but the chance discovery of her 1935 memoir  Climbing Days  leads him on a journey. Perhaps  in the mountains  he can meet them halfway? Following in the pairs footholds  Dan begins to travel and climb across Europe  using Dorothys book as a guide. Learning the ropes in Wales and Scotland  scrambling in the Lake District  scaling summits in Spain and Switzerland  he closes in on the serrate pinnacle of Ivor and Dorothys climbing lives  the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais. What emerges is a beautiful portrait of a trailblazing woman  up to now lost to history - but also a book about that eternal question: why do people climb mountains?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67956313784373,"sku":"ByrdShop_057131192X","price":77.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780571311927.jpg?v=1794457188","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/climbing-days-9780571311927","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}