Being that I am very interested in the topic of gender and because my other passions, falconry and soccer, have little to do with mountaineering for my final project proposal I want to analyze further the role that gender plays in the sport of mountaineering. More specifically I want to look at how gender roles in society reflected gender roles in mountaineering and how the two evolved together throughout modern history.

Possible sources:

Bayers, Imperial Ascent

Frohlick, “’Wanting the Children and Wanting K2’”

Schrepfer, Nature’s Altars

and more to come