Eric Shipton (1907–1977)
Autor von The Six Mountain-Travel Books
Über den Autor
Eric Shipton (1907-1977) wrote six other mountain-travel and exploration books which Mountaineers Books publishes in an omnibus edition.
Werke von Eric Shipton
Zugehörige Werke
Der schimmernde Berg: Überlebensgeschichten von den höchsten Gipfeln (1997) — Mitwirkender — 174 Exemplare
Fifty Great Adventures that Thrilled the World — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1907-08-01
- Todestag
- 1977-03-28
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Ceylon
- Wohnorte
- England, UK
Kenya
Kashgar, Turkestan, China
Persia
Hungary - Ausbildung
- Pyt House School, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Berufe
- mountaineer
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1957)
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The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition von Eric Shipton
Short but intriguing account of an expedition designed to scout the routes for the conquest of Mt. Everest; in fact, the results of this expedition in 1951 led directly to the conquest some 18 months later. Indeed, Edmund Hillary was a member of this expedition before his fame in the conquest. Many interesting observations of life in Nepal ca. 1951. There's also a (too brief!) segment, with one photo, on a possible yeti footprint.
½
An essential piece of the Shipton library. A very gently written autobiography. No revelations here, he skims over or omits the ugly bits, and relishes the high points of his life.
Again, 6 essential and somewhat hard to find books collected in one cover: Shipton is an icon, his writing is delightful, although it took quite some time for me to slay this beast. Recommend you take a break half way and read something else to break it up!
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