Ascent by Sir Chris Bonington
The complete life story of arguably Britains greatest mountaineer, whose career has spanned six decades of climbing peaks, across all continents and still being able to summit The Old Man of Hoy aged eighty years of age in 2015.
'He is the icon of British climbing' * Daily Mirror *
'These well chronicled chapters of Chris’s life read like the pages of an epic saga with all the battle and victory, triumph and tragedy, love and loss one would expect of a mythical hero' -- Leo Houlding
'Bonington was a fabulous and very creative climberHe brought Britain back to being a leading nation of climbers' -- Reinhold Messner
'These well chronicled chapters of Chris’s life read like the pages of an epic saga with all the battle and victory, triumph and tragedy, love and loss one would expect of a mythical hero' -- Leo Houlding
'Bonington was a fabulous and very creative climberHe brought Britain back to being a leading nation of climbers' -- Reinhold Messner
Chris Bonington, the mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer, started climbing at the age of 16 in 1951. It has been his passion ever since. He made the first British ascent of the North Wall of the Eiger and led the expedition that made the first ascent of The South Face of Annapurna, the biggest and most difficult climb in the Himalaya at the time. He went on to lead the successful expedition making the first ascent of the South West Face of Everest in 1975 and then reached the summit of Everest himself in 1985 with a Norwegian expedition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781471157578 |
| ISBN 10 | 1471157571 |
| Title | Ascent |
| Author | Sir Chris Bonington |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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