The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

Häftad bok. ‎ Mountaineers Books. 2010. 896 sidor.

Nära nyskick. Ur läsarrecensioner: "What a Life! It's one of the greatest adventure books I've ever read. This man did it all eighty years ago too. In one of the first chapters one of the workers on his coffee farm in Kenya got scalped by a leopard and Tilman sews the guy's scalp back on. It goes on an on throughout this wonderful book. If you like outdoors adventure then this is for you."
"Never dry, Tilman's a raconteur - witty, understated and compelling. The Ascent of Nanda Devi 'book' is so good it resulted in the spoof "Ascent of Rum Doodle"
H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century. This collection of Tilman's seven mountain-travel books is bound in one book, covering the years 1919-1952, the omnibus including: Snow on the Equator, The Ascent of Nanda Devi, When Men and Mountains Meet, Everest 1938, Two Mountains and a River, China to Chitral and Nepal Himalaya. Tilman's belief was "any worthwhile expedition can be planned on the back of an envelope." He wrote fifteen mountaineering and sailing books. Tilman (on reaching the summit of Nanda Devi): "I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it." Tilman (after arduous and ultimately unsuccessful attempts on two peaks in Central Asia, and his arrest as a spy): "as I turned to go down into Chitral, tired, lousy, and bereft of my diaries, I felt that the year had at any rate been rich in instruction."
Innehåller dessa böcker. Snow on the Equator; The Ascent of Nanda Devi; When Men & Mountains Meet; Mt. Everest; Two Mountains & a River; China to Chitral; and Nepal Himalaya.