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| Author | : Eric Shipton |
| Publisher | : Vertebrate Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2014-10-15 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1910240168 |
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'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.
| Author | : H.W. Tilman |
| Publisher | : Vertebrate Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2015-12-16 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1909461199 |
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In 1934, after fifty years of trying, mountaineers finally gained access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Garhwal Himalaya. Two years later an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed until 1950. The Ascent of Nanda Devi , Tilman's account of the climb, has been widely hailed as a classic. Keenly observed, well informed and at times hilariously funny, it is as close to a 'conventional' mountaineering account as Tilman could manage. Beginning with the history of the mountain ('there was none') and the expedition's arrival in India, Tilman recounts the build-up and approach to the climb. Writing in his characteristic dry style, he tells how Sherpas are hired, provisions are gathered (including 'a mouth-blistering sauce containing 100 per cent chillies') and the climbers head into the hills, towards Nanda Devi. Superbly parodied in The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman, The Ascent of Nanda Devi was among the earliest accounts of a climbing expedition to be published. Much imitated but rarely matched, it remains one of the best.
| Author | : Harold William Tilman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 1937 |
| Genre | : Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages |
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| Author | : W E Bowman |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2011-08-31 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1446468402 |
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An English comic novel about a World War II expedition to a Himalayan peak. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILL BRYSON An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite since its publication in 1956. Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men -- including Dr Prone (constantly ill), Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) -- and 3,000 Yogistani porters sets out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas.
| Author | : H. W. Tilman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2015-12-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781909461185 |
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In 1934, after 50 years of trying, mountaineers finally gained access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Garhwhal Himilaya. Two years later, an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi. At over 25,000 feet, it was the hightest mountain to be climbed until 1950. 'The Ascent of Nanda Devi,' Tilman's account of the climb, has been widely hailed as a classic. Keenly observed, well informed and at times hilariously funny, it is as close to a 'conventional' mountaineering account as Tilman could manage.
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| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
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| ISBN | : 144296801X |
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| Author | : Harold William TILMAN |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 1937 |
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| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Jolene Unsoeld |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : College teachers |
| ISBN | : 9780979552526 |
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Former US Congress member and Washington State legislator, Jolene Unsoeld shares the story of her life and adventures with husband Willi Unsoeld. Begins with chapters on their childhoods and early love of adventure, through their years raising four children in the wilderness, their mountaineering adventures as individuals and as a family, the tragic accidental deaths of her daughter and husband, up through 1987, just before Jolene decided to run for US Congress.
| Author | : John Roskelley |
| Publisher | : The Mountaineers Books |
| Total Pages | : 690 |
| Release | : 2012-05-10 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1594856656 |
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CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from The Roskelley Collection * Includes 30 color and 45 black-and-white photographs * Part of The Mountaineers Books "Legends and Lore" series for climbers, armchair mountaineers, and readers of classic adventure literature * Individual titles of this omnibus edition have been translated into five languages worldwide The Roskelley Collection includes legendary climber John Roskelley's three acclaimed books, together for the first time in one volume and all written with opinion, self-reflective humor, and spellbinding adventure. Also included are two new essays about Roskelley's more recent climbs with his son: an ice climb (Slipstream) in Colorado and to the summit of Everest. Stories off the Wall -- This is Roskelley's autobiography, told in a series of essays that includes accounts of attempts and ascents on the North Face of the Eiger, in the Russian Pamirs, in Yosemite, and in the Himalaya. It also features stories about his blue collar work in an eastern Washington mine and a hunting buddy who dies of cancer. Throughout, Roskelley's thoughts on risk, friendship, and values are portrayed. Nandi Devi: The Tragic Expedition -- A compelling and emotionally raw page-turner, this is about the 1976 expedition, co-led by Ad Carter and Willi Unsoeld, on which Unsoeld's daughter, Nanda Devi Unsoeld, died on her eponymous mountain. It describes the party of thirteen and their heartbreaking experience in attempting a difficult new route on the main peak of Nanda Devi. Last Days -- Recounts two legendary climbs in the Himalaya: one a successful first ascent of Tawoche in Nepal with Jeff Lowe, the other an attempt on Menlungste with Jim Wickwire, Greg Child, and Jeff Duenwald. John Roskelley - Piolet d'or Carriere 2014 from Planetmountain.com on Vimeo. This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.
| Author | : Jim Perrin |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 436 |
| Release | : 2013-03-07 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1409021408 |
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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'.
