Nanda Devi: Exploration and Ascent : a Compilation of the Two Mountain-exploration Books, Nanda Devi and The Ascent of Nanda Devi, Plus Shipton's ... (Eric Shipton: The Mountain Travel Books) - Softcover

Shipton, Eric; Tilman CBE DSO MC Bar, Major H. W.

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ISBN 10: 1898573433 ISBN 13: 9781898573432

Verlag: Baton Wicks Publications, 1999

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Reseña del editor:

'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.

Biografía del autor:

Eric Shipton (1907-1977) was one of the great mountain explorers of the 20th century, often known for his infamous climbing partnership with H.W. 'Bill' Tilman. He climbed extensively in the Alps in the 1920s, put up new routes on Mount Kenya in 1921, and in 1931, made the first ascent of Kamet with Frank Smythe - the highest peak climbed at that time. Shipton was involved with most of the Everest expeditions in the 1930s, reaching a high point of 28,000 feet in 1933. He went on to lead the 1951 expedition, which was the first to approach Everest from the north (Nepali) side through the Khumbu ice fall, and on which Edmund Hillary first set foot on the mountain.

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• Verlag: Baton Wicks Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1898573433
• ISBN 13: 9781898573432
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288