H. W. Tilman: The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
by H. W. Tilman
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Author: H. W. TilmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-02
ISBN: 0898869609
Number of pages: 896
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Book Review: Incredible man, incredible life.......
Summary: 5 Stars
The book jacket cites Bill as "a literary master craftsman..", and that is not an overstatement. This compilation of seven books has been hard to lay down for me. Each story is engrossing, and as Bill would have liked it, presents something new and interesting around each turn (or boulder). His wonderful way of turning a phrase has made me laugh out loud several times. He had an insatiable lust for going into the wild, preferably to places he had never seen before. His views regarding how and why mountains should be climbed have no doubt influenced many mountaineers of later generations, as is evidenced in their own books and climbing methods. Bill was not the first to go far and climb high, but his resume of continents travelled, expeditions made (some as leader), and summits attained has to be among the best ever. In one instance he reveals sheepishly that on a "recon" trip to Everest, he and another climber had "degenerated into peakbaggers, collecting 17, all over 20,000 feet". This guy did it the hard way, no sophisticated high tech clothing or gear back then,and he never climbed with supplemental oxygen. He learned to eat what the locals ate (most of the time) so he could travel lighter. His 3000 mile bicycle trek across central Africa and the Congo basin with little money, fewer possessions, and a couple of extra tire tubes amply demonstrates his grit and resourcefulness. He himself had to have been well read, for he gives a detailed history of most of the prior climbs and expeditions that had went before him (if any had),and quotes freely from many authors. I followed his path on Google maps, and that helped me better grasp the story. Overall a great set of stories told by a truly amazing man about his incredibly diverse experiences.
Summary of H. W. Tilman: The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
H. W. Tilman has been called "arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer" of the 20th century.· New in paperback
· Tilman (on reaching the summit of Nanda Devi): "I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it."
· Tilman (after arduous and ultimately unsuccessful attempts on two peaks in Central Asia, and his arrest as a spy): "as I turned to go down into Chitrail, tired, lousy, and bereft of my diaries, I felt that the year had at any rate been rich in instruction."
The W. L. Gore Shipton/Tilman Grant is named for Tilman, and his climbing companion, Eric Shipton, but too few Americans are aware of Tilman's remarkable gift for writing. This economically-priced paperbound includes: Snow on the Equator, The Ascent of Nanda Devi, When Men and Mountains Meet, Everest 1938, Two Mountains and a River, China to Chitral and Nepal Himalaya.
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