Figure 1.--"The Wonder Book of Things to Do" covered mountain climbing. One illustration is a dynamic but unlikely depiction of an adventurous boy scaling a precarious precipice. He is not distracted by the ferocious eagle which seems to not welcome his presence. Image courtesy of the AM collection. |
Another subject covered was mountain climbing. One illustration is a dynamic but unlikely depiction of an adventurous boy scaling a precarious precipice. He is not distracted by the ferocious eagle which seems to not welcome his presence. The eagle actually looks like a skinny American bald eagle, one of the least likely problems a climber is likely to face. I doubt of very many boys took up mountain climbing, but they may have found the account interesting anyway. Interestingly, climbing is an activity that has become very popular in America. The children climb on especially designed walls. There are commercial facilities. Many elementary schools have added climbing walls to their dgym program. Usually for saftey reasons the children mover hofrizontally rather than vertically. Here it is a boy doing the climbing. One of the reasons climbing is popular in America today is that the girls can compete effectively with the boys. I do not know who the illustrator here was.
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