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That Untravelled World - The autobiography of pioneering mountaineer Eric Shipton (Paperback)
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That Untravelled World - The autobiography of pioneering mountaineer Eric Shipton (Paperback)
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Loot Price R351
Discovery Miles 3 510
You Save R69 (16%)
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`It is often from our setbacks, even our weaknesses, that we derive
some of our greatest blessings.' That Untravelled World is the
autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers of the twentieth
century. Eric Shipton was a pioneering explorer, journeying to
places that did not feature on maps and to unexplored mountains,
such as the High Dauphine. Shipton describes early childhood days
filled with adventures; his first encounter with the high mountains
on a visit to the Pyrenees, and the onset of his climbing career
inspired by travels in Norway with a friend. He reminisces on first
meeting infamous explorer H.W. `Bill' Tilman, and their first
expedition together to Mount Kenya. Tilman and Shipton were later
to become one of the most famous climbing partnerships of all time.
Filled with anecdotes from different periods of his life, Shipton
takes us on his journey from Kilimanjaro and Mount Stanley
alongside Tilman, his discovery of the route to the Nanda Devi
Sanctuary, summiting Mount Kamet with mountaineering icon Frank
Smythe, and multiple expeditions to Everest. First published in
1969, That Untravelled World is the story of an adventurer who,
inspired by Edward Whymper, travelled to feral landscapes across
the globe, and has in turn inspired generations of climbers and
mountaineers.
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