The Seven Mountain-Travel BooksThe Mountaineers Books, 2004 - 896 pages *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 Chitrail, tired, lousy, and bereft of my diaries, I felt that the year had at any rate been rich in instruction." The W. L. Gore Shipton/Tilman Grant is named for Tilman, and his climbing companion, Eric Shipton, but too few Americans are aware of Tilman's remarkable gift for writing. This economically-priced paperbound includes: 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. H. W. Tilman's belief was "any worthwhile expedition can be planned on the back of an envelope." He wrote fifteen mountaineering and sailing books. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
SNOW ON THE EQUATOR | 13 |
THE ASCENT OF NANDA DEVI | 149 |
WHEN MEN AND MOUNTAINS MEET | 269 |
EVEREST 1938 | 423 |
TWO MOUNTAINS AND A RIVER | 511 |
CHINA TO CHITRAL | 661 |
NEPAL HIMALAYA | 739 |
APPENDICES | 887 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seven Mountain-Travel Books |
| Author | H. W. Tilman |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | The Mountaineers Books, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0898869609, 9780898869606 |
| Length | 896 pages |
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