xx, 358 pages, [16] pages of plates : 23 cm

Introduction / Rachel da Silva -- Following Her Lead: Foremothers. Manless Climbing / Miriam O'Brien Underhill ; Explorations / Dorothy Pilley ; First Professional Season / Gwen Moffat ; Phyllis Munday: Grand Dame of the Coast Mountains / Cyndi Smith ; On the Heights / Colette Richard ; A Brief History of Women Climbing in the Coast and Cascade Ranges / Rachel da Silva, Jill Lawrenz and Wendy Roberts -- Meeting the Challenge: Climbs and Expeditions. April Fools on Polar Circus / Janet Roddan ; Everest: My Journey to the Top / Bachendri Pal ; Passport to Insanity / Louise Shepherd ; Out and About in Baltistan / Louise Heinemann ; Mountain Storms / Ann E. Kruse ; A Late Night on a High Wall / Jeanne Panek ; Reflections on My First Expedition / Deb Piranian ; Saint Exupery / Sue Harrington ; Risky Business / Alison Osius ; The American Team / Denise Mitten ; A Women's Winter Walk Across the Presidentials / Laura Waterman -- The Rope Between Us: Beyond the Climb. Queen of All She Surveys / Maureen O'Neill ; It's the Dance That Counts / Susan Edwards ; Fear of Falling / Lorna Millard ; Latin American Women Climbers Today / Rachel da Silva ; Meet Miss Dish / Kathy Phibbs ; Climbing With Kids / Diane Bedell ; One of the Boys / Susan Fox Rogers ; Airborne on Homemade Wings / Kristen Laine ; Keep the Pigs Off the Peaks? / Lorraine G . Bonney ; On Motherhood / Nancy Kerrebrock -- Grading Systems for Rating Climbs

Includes bibliographical references