Shipton And Tilman
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Shipton And Tilman
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Author : Jim Perrin
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-03-07
Shipton And Tilman written by Jim Perrin and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, 'The journeys of discovery undertaken through two decades by this pair of venturesome ragamuffins are unparallelled in the annals of mountain exploration.' Jim Perrin writes of his source-material: 'These unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence have not previously been used to present a portrait of the most productive friendship in the history of mountain exploration. What they reveal is, in Shipton's phrase, "a random harvest of delight" gathered by two uniquely bold and engaging characters from the great mountain ranges of the world during the golden era of their first western exploration. Between geographical excitement, the nature of arduous travel in difficult and uncharted terrain throughout a lost epoch, and the quirkiest and most stimulating of friendships, the theme is a gift, and one that has long been waiting for adequate treatment'.
Nanda Devi
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Nanda Devi written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
'When a man is conscious of the urge to explore, not all the arduous journeyings, the troubles that will beset him and the lack of material gains from his investigations will stop him.' Nanda Devi is one of the most inaccessible mountains in the Himalaya. It is surrounded by a huge ring of peaks, among them some of the highest mountains in the Indian Himalaya. For fifty years the finest mountaineers of the early twentieth century had repeatedly tried and failed to reach the foot of the mountain. Then, in 1934, Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman found a way in. Their 1934 expedition is regarded as the epitome of adventurous mountain exploration. With their three tough and enthusiastic Sherpa companions Angtharkay, Kusang and Pasang, they solved the problem of access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. They crossed difficult cols, made first ascents and explored remote, uninhabited valleys, all of which is recounted in Shipton's wonderfully vivid Nanda Devi - a true evocation of Shipton's enduring spirit of adventure and one of the most inspirational travel books ever written.
The Six Mountain Travel Books
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 1997-07-31
The Six Mountain Travel Books written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07-31 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Nanda Devi; Blank on the Map; Upon That Mountain; Mt. Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951; Mountains of Tartary; and Land of Tempest.
Upon That Mountain
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-25
Upon That Mountain written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Upon that Mountain is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, including his Everest bids of the 1930s, and his second Karakoram survey in 1939, when he returned to Snow Lake to complete the mapping of the ranges flanking the Hispar and Choktoi glacier systems around the Ogre. Crossing great swathes of the Himalaya, the book, like so many of Shipton's works, is both entertaining and an important addition to the mountain literature genre. It captures an important period in mountaineering history - that just before the Second World War - an ends on an elegiac note as Shipton describes his last evening at the starkly-beautiful snow lake, before he returns to a 'civilisation' about to embark on a cataclysmic war.
The Seven Mountain Travel Books
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Author : H. W. Tilman
language : en
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 2004
The Seven Mountain Travel Books written by H. W. Tilman and has been published by The Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century.
Blank On The Map
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-17
Blank On The Map written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-17 with Travel categories.
'As I studied the maps, one thing about them captured my imagination - Across this blank space was written one challenging word, "Unexplored"' In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains. With a team of surveyors and Sherpas, Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman located and mapped the land around K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. It was their greatest venture, and one that paved the way for all future mountaineering in that area of the Himalaya. For Shipton and Tilman, exploration was everything, with a summit a welcome bonus, and Blank on the Map is the book that best captures their spirit of adventure. With an observant eye and keen sense of humour, Shipton tells how the expedition entered the unknown Shaksgam mountains, crossing impenetrable gorges, huge rivers and endless snow fields. There's a very human element to in Shipton's dealings with his Sherpa friends, and with his Balti porters, some of whom were helpful, while some were less so. The expedition uncovers traces of ancient cultures and visits vibrant modern civilisations living during the last days of the British Empire. Only when all supplies are exhausted, their clothes in tatters and all equipment lost do the men finally return home. A mountain exploration classic.
The Eight Sailing Mountain Exploration Books
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Author : Harold William Tilman
language : en
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 1987
The Eight Sailing Mountain Exploration Books written by Harold William Tilman and has been published by Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Mischief in Patagonia; Mischief Among the Penguins; Mischief in Greenland; Mostly Mischief; Mischief Goes South; In Mischief's Wake; Ice with Everything; and Triumph and Tribulation.
The Valley Of Flowers
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Author : Frank Smythe
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-25
The Valley Of Flowers written by Frank Smythe and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In his delightful The Valley of Flowers, mountaineer Frank Smythe takes you on a botanical expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya. Alongside the author, scale the steep craggy mountains and bathe in crystal clear pools; breathe in the scented foothills of the Himalaya and their carpets of peonies, roses, rhododendrons and gentian. Experience 'the keen, biting air of the heights and the soft, scented air of the valleys'. Climber and adventurer Smythe journeys through the Himalaya's Byundar Pass, climbs the Mana Peak, descends into the Byundar Valley, and comes terrifyingly close to an encounter with The Abominable Snowman. The Valley of Flowers is a pleasurable escape for any climber, walker, mountain lover or gardener, or indeed anyone who needs reminding of the beauty and serenity of the natural world.
Blank On The Map Pioneering Exploration In The Shaksgam Valley And Karakoram Mountains
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04
Blank On The Map Pioneering Exploration In The Shaksgam Valley And Karakoram Mountains written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04 with Travel categories.
In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers, Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman, set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains. For Shipton and Tilman exploration was everything, with a summit a welcome bonus, and Blank on the Map is the book that best captures their spirit of adventure.
That Untravelled World
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-01
That Untravelled World written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'It is often from our setbacks, even our weaknesses, that we derive some of our greatest blessings.' That Untravelled World is the autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers of the twentieth century. Eric Shipton was a pioneering explorer, journeying to places that did not feature on maps and to unexplored mountains, such as the High Dauphiné. Shipton describes early childhood days filled with adventures; his first encounter with the high mountains on a visit to the Pyrenees, and the onset of his climbing career inspired by travels in Norway with a friend. He reminisces on first meeting infamous explorer H.W. 'Bill' Tilman, and their first expedition together to Mount Kenya. Tilman and Shipton were later to become one of the most famous climbing partnerships of all time. Filled with anecdotes from different periods of his life, Shipton takes us on his journey from Kilimanjaro and Mount Stanley alongside Tilman, his discovery of the route to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, summiting Mount Kamet with mountaineering icon Frank Smythe, and multiple expeditions to Everest. First published in 1969, That Untravelled World is the story of an adventurer who, inspired by Edward Whymper, travelled to feral landscapes across the globe, and has in turn inspired generations of climbers and mountaineers.