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Nanda Devi

Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910240168
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Nanda Devi written by Eric Shipton and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

The Ascent of Nanda Devi

Author : H.W. Tilman
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909461199
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Nanda Devi written by H.W. Tilman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1934, after fifty years of trying, mountaineers finally gained access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Garhwal Himalaya. Two years later an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed until 1950. The Ascent of Nanda Devi , Tilman's account of the climb, has been widely hailed as a classic. Keenly observed, well informed and at times hilariously funny, it is as close to a 'conventional' mountaineering account as Tilman could manage. Beginning with the history of the mountain ('there was none') and the expedition's arrival in India, Tilman recounts the build-up and approach to the climb. Writing in his characteristic dry style, he tells how Sherpas are hired, provisions are gathered (including 'a mouth-blistering sauce containing 100 per cent chillies') and the climbers head into the hills, towards Nanda Devi. Superbly parodied in The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman, The Ascent of Nanda Devi was among the earliest accounts of a climbing expedition to be published. Much imitated but rarely matched, it remains one of the best.

The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

Author : H. W. Tilman
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898869606
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Seven Mountain-Travel Books written by H. W. Tilman and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century.

Nanda Devi

Author : Hugh Thomson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0297865358
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Nanda Devi written by Hugh Thomson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an amazing journey to one of the remotest, most mysterious places on earth Until 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been visited by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks which effectively seal off the mountain at their centre it is virtually impenetrable. But in 1934 Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman solved the problem in the first of their great Himalayan expeditions by forcing a way up the river gorge. The onset of war meant that the Sanctuary remained un-visited for many years and it was then closed to travellers for political reasons. After a brief period in the seventies when it was opened for expeditions the Indian Government again closed the Sanctuary. In 2000 the Sanctuary was entered for one single visit. Hugh Thomson was offered a place on this unique expedition led by Eric Shipton's son, John Shipton and the great Indian mountaineer, Colonel Kumar. This journey forms the basis of the book. Woven through it are all the amazing stories that surround the mountain - a powerful blend of myths and politics.

The Ascent of Nanda Devi

Author : Harold William Tilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Nanda Devi written by Harold William Tilman and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Roskelley Collection

Author : John Roskelley
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594856656
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book The Roskelley Collection written by John Roskelley and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from The Roskelley Collection * Includes 30 color and 45 black-and-white photographs * Part of The Mountaineers Books "Legends and Lore" series for climbers, armchair mountaineers, and readers of classic adventure literature * Individual titles of this omnibus edition have been translated into five languages worldwide The Roskelley Collection includes legendary climber John Roskelley's three acclaimed books, together for the first time in one volume and all written with opinion, self-reflective humor, and spellbinding adventure. Also included are two new essays about Roskelley's more recent climbs with his son: an ice climb (Slipstream) in Colorado and to the summit of Everest. Stories off the Wall -- This is Roskelley's autobiography, told in a series of essays that includes accounts of attempts and ascents on the North Face of the Eiger, in the Russian Pamirs, in Yosemite, and in the Himalaya. It also features stories about his blue collar work in an eastern Washington mine and a hunting buddy who dies of cancer. Throughout, Roskelley's thoughts on risk, friendship, and values are portrayed. Nandi Devi: The Tragic Expedition -- A compelling and emotionally raw page-turner, this is about the 1976 expedition, co-led by Ad Carter and Willi Unsoeld, on which Unsoeld's daughter, Nanda Devi Unsoeld, died on her eponymous mountain. It describes the party of thirteen and their heartbreaking experience in attempting a difficult new route on the main peak of Nanda Devi. Last Days -- Recounts two legendary climbs in the Himalaya: one a successful first ascent of Tawoche in Nepal with Jeff Lowe, the other an attempt on Menlungste with Jim Wickwire, Greg Child, and Jeff Duenwald. John Roskelley - Piolet d'or Carriere 2014 from Planetmountain.com on Vimeo. This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.

The Ascent of Nanda Devi

Author : H. W. Tilman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909461185
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Nanda Devi written by H. W. Tilman and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1934, after 50 years of trying, mountaineers finally gained access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Garhwhal Himilaya. Two years later, an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi. At over 25,000 feet, it was the hightest mountain to be climbed until 1950. 'The Ascent of Nanda Devi,' Tilman's account of the climb, has been widely hailed as a classic. Keenly observed, well informed and at times hilariously funny, it is as close to a 'conventional' mountaineering account as Tilman could manage.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

Author : W. E. Bowman
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9781784875299
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Rum Doodle written by W. E. Bowman and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VINTAGE VOYAGES- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodlehas been a cult favourite since its publication in 1956.

Shipton and Tilman

Author : Jim Perrin
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409021408
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Shipton and Tilman written by Jim Perrin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, 'The journeys of discovery undertaken through two decades by this pair of venturesome ragamuffins are unparallelled in the annals of mountain exploration.' Jim Perrin writes of his source-material: 'These unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence have not previously been used to present a portrait of the most productive friendship in the history of mountain exploration. What they reveal is, in Shipton's phrase, "a random harvest of delight" gathered by two uniquely bold and engaging characters from the great mountain ranges of the world during the golden era of their first western exploration. Between geographical excitement, the nature of arduous travel in difficult and uncharted terrain throughout a lost epoch, and the quirkiest and most stimulating of friendships, the theme is a gift, and one that has long been waiting for adequate treatment'.

BROTHERHOOD of the ROPE (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)

Author :
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 144296801X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book BROTHERHOOD of the ROPE (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spies in the Himalayas

Author : M. S. Kohli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spies in the Himalayas written by M. S. Kohli and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spies in the Himalayas chronicles for the first time the details of these expeditions sanctioned by U.S. and Indian intelligence, telling the story of clandestine climbs and hair-raising exploits. Led by legendary Indian mountaineer Mohan S. Kohli, conqueror of Everest, the mission was beset by hazardous climbs, weather delays, aborted attempts, and even missing radioactive materials that may or may not still pose contamination threat to Indian rivers.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

Author : W. E. Bowman
Publisher : Isis
ISBN 13 : 9780753166697
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Rum Doodle written by W. E. Bowman and published by Isis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1956, "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" quickly became a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a peak in the Himalayas, many thought it was inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on the flavor and tone of earlier adventures, of Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nandi Devi expedition. The book's central and unforgettable character, Binder, is one of the finest creations in comic literature.

Wild Adventures We Have Known

Author : Jolene Unsoeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979552526
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Wild Adventures We Have Known written by Jolene Unsoeld and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former US Congress member and Washington State legislator, Jolene Unsoeld shares the story of her life and adventures with husband Willi Unsoeld. Begins with chapters on their childhoods and early love of adventure, through their years raising four children in the wilderness, their mountaineering adventures as individuals and as a family, the tragic accidental deaths of her daughter and husband, up through 1987, just before Jolene decided to run for US Congress.

Nanda Devi

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Nanda Devi written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shining Mountain

Author : Peter Boardman
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906148767
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Shining Mountain written by Peter Boardman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, I think it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.' So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976. Bonington's was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially for a two-man, lightweight expedition. This was, after all, perhaps the most fearsome and technically challenging granite wall in the Garhwal Himalaya and an ascent - particularly one in a lightweight style - would be more significant than anything done on Everest at the time. The idea had been Joe Tasker's. He had photographed the sheer, shining, white granite sweep of Changabang's West Wall on a previous expedition and asked Pete to return with him the following year. Tasker contributes a second voice throughout Boardman's story, which starts with acclimatisation, sleeping in a Salford frozen food store, and progresses through three nights of hell, marooned in hammocks during a storm, to moments of exultation at the variety and intricacy of the superb, if punishingly difficult, climbing. It is a story of how climbing a mountain can become an all-consuming goal, of the tensions inevitable in forty days of isolation on a two-man expedition; as well as a record of the moment of joy upon reaching the summit ridge against all odds. First published in 1978, The Shining Mountain is Peter Boardman's first book. It is a very personal and honest story that is also amusing, lucidly descriptive, very exciting, and never anything but immensely readable. It was awarded the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize for literature in 1979, winning wide acclaim. His second book, Sacred Summits, was published shortly after his death in 1982. Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker died on Everest in 1982, whilst attempting a new and unclimbed line. Both men were superb mountaineers and talented writers. Their literary legacy lives on through the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, established by family and friends in 1983 and presented annually to the author or co-authors of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature. For more information about the Boardman Tasker Prize, visit: www.boardmantasker.com

Nanda Devi

Author : John Roskelley
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898867398
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Nanda Devi written by John Roskelley and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, a 26,645-foot peak in India's remote northwest frontier. What unfolded during this climb was a story of strong emotion, conflicting ambitions, death and victory, desire and regret. This is the story of Willi Unsoeld, the expedition leader who supported the participation of his young daughter, who was named after the mountain they were climbing.

Ascent

Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062039237
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Ascent written by Laurence Leamer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willi Unsoeld, a legend among mountaineers--a man whom Bill Moyers calls one of the few giants he has ever met--fearlessly challenged the world's highest peaks and inspired a generation of climbers with his legacy. Ascent is the story of his life--a thrilling tale of physical and spiritual adventure that captures the hypnotic force behind this extraordinary personality. From his triumphant conquest of Everest's forbidding West Ridge to the tragic loss of his daughter on the treacherous slopes of Nanda Devi to his final, fatal attempt at Mount Rainier, we see Willi as guru and guide, lover of danger and philosopher of risk--a man whose indomitable spirit triggered such devotion that people followed him fearlessly to extraordinary heights and, sometimes, even to their deaths. A dramatic saga of bravery, daring, and the search for spiritual truth, Ascent brilliantly captures the mythic figure of Willi Unsoeld.