The best-known mountaineer in Britain, Sir Chris Bonington, is profiled in this inspiring biography. At 65 years old, the self-described climbaholic's passion and enthusiasm for the sport remain undiminished. of photos.

High Achiever

Sports & Outdoors

Curran, Jim

Biographies

The Mountaineers

A finely wrought and meticulously detailed biography of Mallory ... It is at once compelling and evocative (Joe Simpson, author of TOUCHING THE VOID) 'The Gillmans have produced a respectful and thoroughly researched account of Mallory's life.' Observer A rich portrait of a man who defies facile categorisation ... The new biography is spot-on [about the climbing] (Stephen Venables, Daily Telegraph) 'Strikingly well balanced' Jan Morris, The Spectator The Gillmans have produced a respectful and thoroughly researched account of Mallory's life (Observer) Biographies don't get any better than this. Supremely well researched and documented, erudite, and masterfully written, this book isn't so much about what happened to Mallory in 1924 when he and his climbing partner Irvine disappeared in the mists of Mt. Everest, but rather it seeks the answer to another, almost more fascinating question: who was this man Mallory? This is the book to read to find the answer This exemplary biography of Mallory, which draws upon much new material, puts the man in all his many perspectives... Strikingly well balanced (Jan Morris, Spectator) It is a masterful achievement - impeccably researched, beautifully written and a delight to read. Without question the Gillmans have written a definitive biography of an utterly fascinating man (Jon Krakauer) A poignant story, handsomely told (Yorkshire Post) The most compelling read over 12 months ... Go out and buy it (Ian Wooldridge, Daily Mail) Mountaineering biography at its best ... A fascinating life, an interior journey coupled with exterior adventure, and well told, too (Chris Smith, Mail on Sunday) ` A superb biography' (Daily Telegraph)

The Wildest Dream the Biography of George Mallory

Gillman, Peter & Leni Gillman

Biographies & Memoirs

Cascade Alpine Guide Climbing And High Routes Rainy Pass to Fraser River

Travel

Fred Beckey

United States

Second edition. An extensive bibliography which describes works on mountaineering printed in English after 1744. Not only does it describe the 949 items listed, it also gives notes which help assess each book's reliability and significance. Illustrated. 165 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. small 4to..

Mountaineering and its literature: A descriptive bibliography of selected works published in the English language, 1744-1976

W. R. Neate

Mountaineering

138 pp, many color photos. "an invaluable and major contribution to Northwest conservation history, reflecting the strong vision and viewpoint of its principal author, Harvey Manning, and his close ally, the late David Brower. It is lively and thoroughly human in dimension. The power of the book comes from pure passion to protect and preserve a matchless, magnificent fragment of raw nature: the wilderness alps of the North Cascade Mountains." - Michael Frome.

Washington wilderness: The unfinished work

Manning, Harvey

A splendid biography of this very remarkable man, giving us not only the high adventures, vividly described, but also the man himself in his strange complexity. In addition to all else, Tilman was an almost compulsive letter writer, and in his letters - from which the author quotes generously - he came closest to self-revelation. In every way an absorbing book.

High Mountains & Cold Seas: A Biography of H.W. Tilman

Anderson, J. R. L.

* History of 75 fire-protection lookouts * More than 200 photos from archival and personal collections * Selected access information Once the most advanced means of fire detection, the fire-protection lookout towers built and manned in the mid- to late-1900s in Washington state are now historic sites and an intrinsic part of the heritage of the Northwest and its people. Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics is a complete history of the lookouts and a tribute to the people who often endured challenging conditionsñfrom loneliness to forbidding weatherñwhile serving as firewatchers. Authors Ira Spring and Byron Fish paint a vivid picture of each lookout tower in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mount Rainier National Park, the Olympics, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Wenatchee National Forest, and Okanogan National Forest, and provide inspirational personal anecdotes from the people who manned and worked to preserve these buildings. This edition includes appendixes that provide driving and hiking directions to selected lookouts, information on volunteer organizations active in preserving lookouts, and a historical registry of western Washington lookouts.

Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics

History

Spring, IRA

Americas

Mount McKinley climber's guide

Mountaineers (Society)

Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Peter Boardman visited three very different sacred mountains. He began on the South Face of the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea. This is the highest point between the Andes and the Himalaya, and one of the most inaccessible, rising above thick jungle inhabited by warring Stone Age tribes. During the spring Boardman made a four-man, oxygen-free attempt on the world's third highest peak, Kangchenjunga. Hurricane-force winds beat back their first two bids on the unclimbed North Ridge, but they eventually stood within feet of the summit - leaving the final few yards untrodden in deference to the inhabiting deity. In October, he climbed the mountain most sacred to the Sherpas: the twin-summited Gauri Sankar. Renowned for its technical difficulty and spectacular profile, it is aptly dubbed the Eiger of the Himalaya and Boardman's first ascent took a gruelling twenty-three days. Three sacred mountains, three very different expeditions, all superbly captured by Boardman in Sacred Summits, his second book, first published shortly after his death in 1982. Combining the excitement of extreme climbing with acute observation of life in the mountains, this is an amusing, dramatic, poignant and thought-provoking book. 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

Sacred summits: A climber's year

BOARDMAN, Peter

Footsore: Walks & hikes around Puget Sound

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