The Next Horizon
Author | : Chris Bonington |
Publisher | : Vertebrate Publishing |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2016-06-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781910240885 |
ISBN-13 | : 1910240885 |
Rating | : 4/5 (885 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Next Horizon written by Chris Bonington and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.