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Everest 1951
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by …
That Untravelled World
'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 …
Mountains of Tartary
In Mountains of Tartary, mountaineering and explorer Eric Shipton describes his climbs and explorations in northern and central Asia, taking the reader places that most would …
Nanda Devi
'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 …
Land of Tempest
Land of Tempest reveals Eric Shipton at his best - writing with enthusiasm and humour about his explorations in Patagonia in the 1950s and 1960s. He is an astute observer of …
Blank on the Map
'As I studied the maps, one thing about them captured my imagination - Across this blank space was written one challenging word, "e;Unexplored"e;'In 1937 two of the …
Upon that Mountain
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, …