The Next Horizon: From the Eiger to the South Face of Annapurna by Bonington, Chris

The Next Horizon: From the Eiger to the South Face of Annapurna (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781911342175)

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The Next Horizon: From the Eiger to the South Face of Annapurna by Bonington, Chris

The Next Horizon: From the Eiger to the South Face of Annapurna

$16.00
The Next Horizon: From the Eiger to the South Face of Annapurna by Bonington, Chris

The Next Horizon: From the Eiger to the South Face of Annapurna

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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The Next Horizon, the second volume in Chris Bonington's autobiography after I Chose to Climb, picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer, photographer, journalist and expedition leader alongside eminent climbers including Doug Scott and Don Whillans, throughout an extraordinary decade of adversity, thrill and discovery.

The book opens with a journey to Chile to climb the Central Tower of Paine. Bonington then recounts his ascents across the globe; from the Old Man of Hoy in Scotland, the Eiger in Switzerland, to Sangay in Ecuador to name but a few. He concludes in the summer of 1972 with preparations for his ambitious autumn Everest expedition.

This revealing narrative of Chris Bonington's experiences provides an insight into the charismatic generation of climbing personalities with whom he travelled, as well as his development into the celebrity we know today.



Author: Chris Bonington
ISBN-10: 1911342177
ISBN-13: 9781911342175
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2016
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d
By Chris Bonington
By Chris Bonington
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Born in 1934, Chris Bonington - mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer - started climbing at the age of sixteen in 1951. It has been his passion ever since. He made the first British ascent of the North Face 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 expedition that made 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. He has written seventeen books, fronted numerous television programmes and has lectured to the public and corporate audiences all over the world. He received a knighthood in 1996 for services to mountaineering, was president of the Council for National Parks for eight years, and is the Non Executive Chairman of Berghaus and a Chancellor of Lancaster University.

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