Making use of unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence, the extraordinary story of two British mountaineers who single-handedly mapped out much of the Himalayas--including Everest--and the mountains of Africa
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...
Making use of unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence, the extraordinary story of two British mountaineers who single-handed...
