Eric Shipton (1907–1977)
Auteur de The Six Mountain-Travel Books
A propos de l'auteur
Eric Shipton (1907-1977) wrote six other mountain-travel and exploration books which Mountaineers Books publishes in an omnibus edition.
Œuvres de Eric Shipton
A conquista do Polo Norte 4 exemplaires
The true book about Everest 2 exemplaires
Annapurna 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Fifty Great Adventures that Thrilled the World — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1907-08-01
- Date de décès
- 1977-03-28
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Ceylon
- Lieux de résidence
- England, UK
Kenya
Kashgar, Turkestan, China
Persia
Hungary - Études
- Pyt House School, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Professions
- mountaineer
- Prix et distinctions
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1957)
Membres
Critiques
The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition par Eric Shipton
Short but intriguing account of an expedition designed to scout the routes for the conquest of Mt. Everest; in fact, the results of this expedition in 1951 led directly to the conquest some 18 months later. Indeed, Edmund Hillary was a member of this expedition before his fame in the conquest. Many interesting observations of life in Nepal ca. 1951. There's also a (too brief!) segment, with one photo, on a possible yeti footprint.
½
An essential piece of the Shipton library. A very gently written autobiography. No revelations here, he skims over or omits the ugly bits, and relishes the high points of his life.
Again, 6 essential and somewhat hard to find books collected in one cover: Shipton is an icon, his writing is delightful, although it took quite some time for me to slay this beast. Recommend you take a break half way and read something else to break it up!
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 327
- Popularité
- #72,482
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 31
- Langues
- 1