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The Six Mountain-travel Books

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Baton Wicks Publications, 1999 - Mountaineering - 800 pages
Eric Shipton is generally accepted to be one of the greatmountain explorers of the twentieth century, an exemplarof self-reliant and simple travel. He began climbing inthe little-visited Dauphine region of the Alps in thetwenties, and on Africa's Mount Kenya. Throughout thethirties he was continually travelling and climbing inthe ......

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Review: Eric Shipton: Six Mountain Travel Books

User Review  - Anni - Goodreads

I won this book from goodreads and although it is not my normal selection of book I found it very interesting with detailed descriptions. I didn't read word for word but skipped around in no particular order. Read full review

Review: Eric Shipton: Six Mountain Travel Books

User Review  - Simon Cooper - Goodreads

To be read alongside HWTilmams memoirs, two remarkable explorers both sharing an ethos of small is better, walking into the 'blank on the map' of the Karakorum, and the preliminary pre-war Everest ... Read full review

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