The Blue Mountains Guide Book

Blackheath NSW: Gecko Guides / Gondwana Publishing, 1991. Early edition. Paperback. Fiona Lumsden. 280pp. Sextodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The edges of the covers are slightly rubbed. Internally very clean. The binding is tight. Scarce. "The project was an incentive for me to walk nearly 80 bushwalks, to research local history, and to understand the geology of the Blue Mountains so I could describe it in an understandable way to readers. Written with my wife, Barbara Scanlan. "- Lincoln Hall. Lincoln Hall is one of Australia's best known mountaineers, with a climbing career that spans three decades, most notably in the Himalaya, Antarctica and the Andes. He had a major role in the first Australian ascent of Mount Everest in 1984, and his account of that expedition, White Limbo, became a bestseller.