Himalaya

'I have given my whole life to the mountains. Born at the foot of the Alps, I have been a ski champion, a professional guide, an amateur of the greatest climbs in the Alps and a …

This title is a vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century - the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian …

A comprehensively illustrated history and analysis of 'The Hump' campaign in World War II, the huge and treacherous airlift over the Himalayas to keep China fighting.In World War …

An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, discover this laugh-out-loud cult favourite. Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team …

The last climb of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, towards the summit of Mount Everest on 8 June 1924, has been shrouded in mystery for a century. Were they the first humans to …

Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. Passionately argued, it raises important questions about the whole notion of progress, …

Himalaya, 1935. Den unge läkaren Stephen Pearce reser till Indien för att delta i en expedition med sin äldre bror Kits. Teamet ska bestiga Kanchenjunga, världens tredje högsta …

Empires, explorers and sacred summits - an epic story of the roof of the world.In Himalaya, award-winning writer and climber Ed Douglas traces the intertwined histories of the …

'This is a book to be awed by.' – Daily MailIn 1924, the British Mount Everest Expedition led by George Mallory set out to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak. In 2024, …

The Next Horizon, the second volume in Chris Bonington's autobiography after I Chose to Climb, picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer, …