Shipton and Tilman : the great decade of Himalayan exploration
Perrin, Jim2013
Book
Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history.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.
Main title:
Author:
Perrin, Jim, author
Imprint:
London : Hutchinson, 2013.London : Hutchinson, 2013.
Collation:
xix, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780091795467 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.522095496796.522
Language:
English
Subject:
Shipton, Eric, 1907-1977Tilman, H. W. (Harold William), 1898-1977Shipton, Eric, 1907-1977 -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains RegionTilman, H. W. (Harold William), 1898-1977 -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains RegionMountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains Region -- History -- 20th centuryHimalaya Mountains Region -- Discovery and exploration -- British
BRN:
429934