Foreword by Leo Houlding
Introduction to the 1989 first edition by Ken Wilson
1 Foundations
2 The Alpine Experience
3 Expedition Apprenticeship
4 Adventure Journalist
5 Himalayan Big Walls
6 Small Teams, Fine Peaks
7 K2: End of an Era
8 Climbs from China
9 Snatched Opportunities
10 Everest: A Fulfilment
11 Adventures in Greenland
12 Tibet's Secret Mountain
13 Joint Expeditions in India
14 Treks and Family Climbs
15 Young Men of Hoy
Climbing Record
Acknowledgements
Born in 1934, Chris Bonington – mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer – started climbing at the age of sixteen in 1951. It has been his passion ever since. He made the first British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger and led the expedition that made the first ascent of the South Face of Annapurna, the biggest and most difficult climb in the Himalaya at the time. He went on to lead the expedition that made the first ascent of the South-West Face of Everest in 1975 and then reached the summit of Everest himself in 1985 with a Norwegian expedition. He has written seventeen books, fronted numerous television programmes and has lectured to the public and corporate audiences all over the world. He received a knighthood in 1996 for services to mountaineering, was president of the Council for National Parks for eight years, and is the non-executive chairman of Berghaus and a chancellor of Lancaster University.
'A gem, both in terms of climbing history and pure scenic mountain photographic art.' (review of the first edition by The New York Times).
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