{"product_id":"upon-that-mountain-eric-shipton-9781912560080","title":"Upon That Mountain: The First Autobiography of the Legendary Mountaineer Eric Shipton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpon that Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer \u003cstrong\u003eEric Shipton\u003c\/strong\u003e. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, including his \u003cstrong\u003eEverest\u003c\/strong\u003e bids of the 1930s, and his second \u003cstrong\u003eKarakoram\u003c\/strong\u003e survey in 1939, when he returned to Snow Lake to complete the mapping of the ranges flanking the Hispar and Choktoi glacier systems around the \u003cstrong\u003eOgre\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrossing great swathes of the \u003cstrong\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book, like so many of Shipton's works, is both entertaining and an important addition to the mountain literature genre. It captures an important period in mountaineering history - that just before the Second World War - an ends on an elegiac note as Shipton describes his last evening at the starkly beautiful snow lake, before he returns to a 'civilisation' about to embark on a cataclysmic war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Shipton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912560089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912560080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vertebrate Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d","brand":"Eric Shipton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991190929663,"sku":"9781912560080","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06d6bc21-03e1-4cb7-8671-d0188dbea896.jpg?v=1683308960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/upon-that-mountain-eric-shipton-9781912560080","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}