Norton of Everest by Hugh Norton
In Norton of Everest, Hugh Norton has written sensitively and knowledgably about his father's remarkable life as pioneering mountaineer, soldier, naturalist, artist and family man. As on Everest, the real story is not the death of the gallant, but the heroics of the quiet survivors like E.F. Norton.
Hugh Norton is is the youngest of the three sons of renowned Everest pioneer and military leader E.F. - Teddy - Norton, whose life is the subject of Norton of Everest. After growing up in Hampshire, Hugh graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor's degree in history and philosophy. He spent his entire career (thirty-six years) in the oil industry working for BP, finishing as an executive director on its main board from 1989-1995. From 1995 to the present day he has held a number of part-time, non-executive appointments in both the commercial and not-for-profit sectors, and he is currently a board member of two not-for-profit ventures in the Bristol area, with a common theme of sustainability, in which he is greatly interested. He recently contributed to the new edition of The Fight for Everest 1924 (Vertebrate Publishing, 2015), the account of the third expedition to Everest, which was led by his father, and on which George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared. In his leisure time Hugh enjoys travel, painting, chess, choral singing, hillwalking, and - above all - family life. All this keeps him busy, and he can safely say that he has never suffered from boredom. Now retired, he lives in rural Somerset with his wife and two teenage children; frequent visits are also made to Scotland where his son and grandson from his first marriage reside.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910240922 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910240923 |
| Title | Norton of Everest |
| Author | Hugh Norton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vertebrate Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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