Eric Shipton: 10 books
That Untravelled World
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
• One of the greatest explorers of the 20th century
• Shipton’s Everest explorations set the stage for its conquest by Edmund Hillary
Eric Shipton was an adventurer when adventure meant traveling to places for which no maps existed, scaling mountains whose heights were uncalculated, and...
Upon That Mountain
The first autobiography of the legendary mountaineer Eric Shipton
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Upon that Mountain is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, including his Everest bids of the 1930s, and his second Karakoram survey in 1939, when he returned to Snow Lake to complete the mapping of the ranges flanking the...
Blank on the Map
Pioneering exploration in the Shaksgam valley and Karakoram mountains.
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
'As I studied the maps, one thing about them captured my imagination … Across this blank space was written one challenging word, "Unexplored"' In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains....
That Untravelled World
The autobiography of a pioneering mountaineer and explorer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
‘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...
by Eric Shipton
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
'When a man is conscious of the urge to explore, not all the arduous journeyings, the troubles that will beset him and the lack of material gains from his investigations will stop him.' Nanda Devi is one of the most inaccessible mountains in the Himalaya. It is surrounded by a huge ring of peaks,...
Everest 1951
The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance expedition led by Eric Shipton. Everest 1951 is the account of this expedition. It was the first to...
Land of Tempest
Travels in Patagonia: 1958-1962
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Land of Tempest reveals Shipton at his best - writing with enthusiasm and humour about his explorations in Patagonia in the 1950s and 1960s. He is an astute observer of nature and the human spirit, and this account of his travels is infused with with his own zest for discovery and the joy of camaraderie....
by Eric Shipton
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
Here, from the distinguished mountaineer Eric Shipton, is the dramatic story of the Golden Age of Mountaineering. Mountain Conquests brings vividly to life the great climbing successes that were scored first in the Alps and then around the world - from the Matterhorn and Mount Blanc to Mount Everest, Denali, and K2.
by Eric Shipton
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The area around the Indian mountain Nanda Devi is wild and isolated. This is a fascinating insight to the men who explored this region long before GPS and satellite photography, the men who climbed mountains with maps and theodolites in hand. Eric Shipton was one of a band of famous climbers and here...
Mountains of Tartary
Mountaineering and exploration in northern and central Asia in the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
In Undiscovered Scotland climbing and mountaineer W.H. Murray transports the reader to the wilds of Scotland, exploring the hills and climbing on ice, rock and snow. Murray, a former prisoner of war, is relishing his freedom – all the sweeter following his captivity – and we follow him on his...