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Mischief in Greenland: Only a Man in the Devil of a Hurry Would Wish to Fly to His Mountains (Paperback, New edition)
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Mischief in Greenland: Only a Man in the Devil of a Hurry Would Wish to Fly to His Mountains (Paperback, New edition)
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List price R381
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Discovery Miles 3 380
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'Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his
mountains, forgoing the lingering pleasure and mounting excitement
of a slow, arduous approach under his own exertions.' H.W. 'Bill'
Tilman's mountain travel philosophy, rooted in Africa and the
Himalaya and further developed in his early sailing adventures in
the southern hemisphere, was honed to perfection with his discovery
of Greenland as the perfect sailing destination. His Arctic voyages
in the pilot cutter Mischief proved no less challenging than his
earlier southern voyages. The shorter elapsed time made it rather
easier to find a crew but the absence of warm tropical passages
meant that similar levels of hardship were simply compressed into a
shorter timescale. First published fifty years before political
correctness became an accepted rule, Mischief in Greenland is a
treasure trove of Tilman's observational wit. In this account of
his first two West Greenland voyages, he pulls no punches with
regard to the occasional failings, leaving the reader to seek out
and discover the numerous achievements of these voyages. The
highlight of the second voyage was the identification, surveying
and successful first ascent of Mount Raleigh, first observed on the
eastern coast of Baffin Island by the Elizabethan explorer John
Davis in 1585. For the many sailors and climbers who have since
followed his lead and ventured north into those waters, Tilman
provides much practical advice, whether from his own observations
or those of Davis and the inimitable Captain Lecky. Tilman's
typical gift of understatement belies his position as one of the
greatest explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century.
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