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BONINGTON**, CHRIS: : CHRIS BONINGTON - THE EVEREST YEARS: A CLIMBER'S LIFE.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1986.

ISBN 0340366907.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page and a price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around author's portrait to scenic mountainscape background,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with red+ black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. A small closed nick to lower edge of rear panel of dw/dj towards it's rear corner. Some superficial scoring/indentations to dw/dj panels but without penetration or affecting the bds beneath.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain navy blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale grey eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,9-256pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters,15 b/w maps+mountain profiles,a profuse mixture of b/w+colour scenic+autobiographical photographs throughout the text and the book,a select biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page, dedication,contents list/table and author's notes. In 1985 Chris Bonington crowned an already distinguished mountaineering career by reaching the summit of Everest at the age of fifty - an achievement which won him enormous popular acclaim and affection. His new volume of autobiography chronicles his four expeditions to the world's highest peak from early attempts on the huge South-West Face,through to eventual success in 1975,moving in 1982 to the tragic North-East Ridge trip,and culminating in the very successful Norwegian expedition of 1985. In 'The Everest Years' he tells of his fascination with the highest point on earth and why it meant so much to him finally to stand there himself. The list of people with whom he climbed includes so many of the top mountaineers from what was one of the Golden Ages of British mountaineering - Dougal Haston, Nick Estcourt,Doug Scott,Joe Tasker and Peter Boardman.He talks of climbing partnerships and friendships formed over the years with these men and discusses issues of teamwork,leadership and developments in his own attitudes towards them. He recounts vividly the fight for survival on the epic storm-bound descent from the Ogre when Doug Scott had broken both his legs just below the summit and Chris suffered from pneumonia and broken ribs. Contrasting with this is the elegant,fast two-man ascent of the West Summit of Shivling with Jim Fotheringham,and his trip to the vast wastes of Antarctica to make the first British ascent of Mount Vinson,that continent's highest peak. His love of this country,too,is shown in his descriptions of the more gentle hills of the Lake District,where he lives,and dramatic ice climbing in Scotland. 'The Everest Years is at once a mirror of evolving climbing taste and practice over the past fifteen years (then 1986) and a celebration of mountaineering at its most exacting and rewarding limits. Bonington's first volume of autobiography,'I Chose to Climb',was published in 1966 and followed in 1971 by 'Annapurna South Face',his account of leading the first attempt on a big Himalayan wall in which Don Whillans and Dougal Haston reached the summit.'The Next Horizon' (1973) was a second volume of autobiography,covering the years 1962-72. This was followed by 'Everest South West Face' (1973) and 'Everest the Hard Way' (1976) which recounted an unsuccessful and then the successful attempt to make a new route on Everest.'Quest For Adventure' (1981) looked at a wider spectrum of adventuring from moon landings to cave diving and this was followed by the book of an expedition into the newly reopened mountains of western China.'Kongur, China's Elusive Summit' (1982) and 'Everest the Unclimbed Ridge' (1983),an account written with Charles Clarke,of the 1982 North-East Ridge expedition. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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