Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta H. W. Tilman
yhteensä 35 hakutulosta
China to Chitral Paperback
In China to Chitral H.W. 'Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before …
Mischief in Greenland: Only a Man in the Devil of a Hurry Would Wish to Fly to His Mountains
First published 50 years before political correctness became an accepted rule, Mischief in Greenland is a treasure trove of H.W. Tilman's observational wit. In this account of his …
Ice with Everything
'For most men, as Epicurus has remarked, rest is stagnation and activity madness. Mad or not, the activity that I have been pursuing for the last twenty years takes the form of …
Nepal Himalaya
There can be no country so rich in mountains as Nepal. This narrow strip of territory, lying between Sikkim and Garhwal, occupies 500 miles of India's northern border; and since …
Mischief Goes South Paperback
'No sea voyage can be dull for a man who has an eye for the ever-changing sea and sky, the waves, the wind and the way of a ship upon the water.'So observes H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in …
In Mischief's Wake
'I felt like one who had first betrayed and then deserted a stricken friend; a friend with whom for the past fourteen years I had spent more time at sea than on land, and who, when …
When MenMountains Meet Paperback
The scope of H.W. 'Bill' Tilman's When MenMountains Meet is broad, covering his disastrous expedition to the Assam Himalaya, a small exploratory trip into Sikkim, and his wartime …
Mount Everest 1938
'Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction.'It's 1938, the British have thrown everything they've got at Everest but they've …
Ascent of Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in India and was the highest mountain summited for twenty years before Edmund Hilary climbed Mt. Everest. This is a thrilling and often heart …
Mostly Mischief Paperback
Mostly Mischief's ordinary title belies extraordinary voyages made by H.W. Tilman in both Arctic and Antarctic waters, including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea …
Nepal Himalaya
Throughout 1949 and 1950 H.W. 'Bill' Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal and its Himalayan mountains, taking advantage of some of the first access to the country for …
Two Mountains and a River Paperback
'An expedition that cannot organise itself ...on the back of an old envelope, is bound to suffer from the effects of too much organisation.' H.W. Tilman's Two Mountains and a River …