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1	Everest, the unclimbed ridge more books like this by Chris Bonington, Charles Clarke see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Annapurna South Face more books like this by Chris Bonington In 1970, Chris Bonington and his now-legendary team of mountaineers were the first climbers to tackle a big wall at extreme altitude. Their target was the south face of Nepal's Annapurna: 12,000 feet of steep rock and ice leading to a 26, 454-ft. summit. As serious armchair climbers will tell you, Annapurna South Face is better than all but a ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Everest the hard way more books like this by Chris Bonington see all copies from £1.38! new only from £14.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	World mountaineering more books like this by Audrey Salkeld, Chris Bonington The award-winning World Mountaineering is now available in paperback. In the book, the world's leading mountaineers describe 50 spectacular peaks from around the world - their routes, their challenges, their climbing history, as well as compelling climbing experiences to inspire all who are enthralled by these most awesome of nature's creations. ... see all copies from £7.17! new only from £23.04! \| first editions
5	Touching the Void: The Harrowing First-Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival more books like this by Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington (Foreword by) This is the true story of friends Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, two experienced mountain climbers who met tragedy and triumph in the Andes. At the 21,000-foot peak of the mountain, Joe Simpson slipped and fell off an ice ledge, breaking his leg in the process. Although Simon Yates struggled to save Simpson, a harsh blizzard, and the fact that his ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £12.41! \| first editions
6	I chose to climb more books like this by Chris Bonington Mountaineering during the mid-20th century bred a new race of climbers when the era that began with Whymper's ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 ended with the British ascent of Everest in 1953. In those days climbing had for most people the quality of heroic myth and climbers were larger than life figures. But peaks which were previously so ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £97.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Zen in the art of climbing mountains more books like this by Neville Shulman see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.52! \| first editions
8	Changabang more books like this by Chris Bonington see all copies from £9.34! signed copies \| first editions
9	Quest for Adventure more books like this by Sir Chris Bonington A round up of all the innovative post-war achievements that have pushed back the boundaries of the adventurous - on the world's oceans, across deserts, down rivers, up mountains, over the poles, up in balloons, out into space and down into caves. The author talked to most of the adventurous in this book to appraise their motivations, from Wilfred ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Big Wall Climbing more books like this by Doug K. Scott see all copies from £6.90! signed copies \| first editions
11	Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri more books like this by Sir Chris Bonington, Charles Clarke In the last decade of the twentieth century it is almost unbelievable that a mountain range of length comparable to the entire Nepal Himalaya should still remain a vague notion to the geographers and exploratory mountaineers. But such is the mountain range in Tibet that Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke and their team explored. Its highest peak, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Quest for adventure : remarkable feats of exploration and adventure from 1950 to 1999 more books like this by Chris Bonington In this collection of stories, Chris Bonington looks at the adventurous impulse which has driven men and women to achieve the impossible in the face of Earth's elements - crossing its oceans, deserts and poles; canoeing its rivers; climbing its mountains; and descending into its caves. see all copies from £1.99! new only from £39.32!
13	Quest for Adventure: Ultimate Feats of Modern Exploration more books like this by Sir Chris Bonington, Sir Christian Bonington One of the world's premier mountaineers profiles the 20 most remarkable expeditions of the century--astonishing displays of bravery and vision that capture the essence of adventure and the will to realize the impossible. Exhaustively researched, full of fascinating interviews, and richly illustrated, "Quest for Adventure" is a page-turner of the ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.21! \| first editions
14	Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington more books like this by Chris Bonington Individually the three volumes of Chris Bonington's autobiography are collector's items. Here they are brought together in a value-for-money omnibus. I Chose to Climb, was published in 1966 and told of his initiation into mountaineering, from schoolboy beginnings, culminating in the British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger and his decision to ... see all copies from £7.23! new only from £9.97! \| first editions
15	Kongur, China's elusive summit more books like this by Chris Bonington see all copies from £3.19! signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Everest Years more books like this by Chris Bonington The first volume of Chris Bonington's memoirs, "I Chose to Climb", was published in 1966 and told of his initiation into mountaineering, from schoolboy beginnings, culminating in the British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger and his decision to turn professional. "The Next Horizon" picks up where that volume left off and relates his subsequent ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £33.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	The Everest years : a climber's life more books like this by Chris Bonington The third volume of Chris Bonington's memoirs chronicles Bonington's four expeditions to the world's highest peak and his obsession with this most treacherous of mountains. see all copies from £1.38! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The next horizon more books like this by Chris Bonington The first volume of Chris Bonington's memoirs, I Chose to Climb, was published in 1966 and told of his initiation into mountaineering, from schoolboy beginnings, culminating in the British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger and his decision to turn professional. The Next Horizon picks up where that volume left off and relates his subsequent ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £39.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
19	Everest South West Face more books like this by Chris Bonington see all copies from £1.38! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Sea Ice & Rock more books like this by Sir Chris Bonington, Robin Knox-Johnston After meeting on the TV programme "The Krypton Factor", the authors of this book pooled their abilities on a light-hearted sail to Skye to climb the Cuillin Ridge. The Greenland expedition was something much more ambitious. First Robin had to nurse his famous wooden yacht through the enclosing icebergs of Watkins Fjord. Then Chris had to sort out ... see all copies from £2.01! signed copies \| first editions
21	The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World more books like this by Chris Bonington see all copies from £5.52! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Fragile Edge: A Personal Portrait of Loss on Everest more books like this by Maria Coffey, Chris Bonington (Foreword by) see all copies from £10.01! new only from £11.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Mountaineer: 30 Years of Climbing on the World's Great Peaks more books like this by Chris Bonington see all copies from £6.36! new only from £6.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	World Mountaineering: The World's Great Mountains by the World's Great Mountaineers more books like this by Audrey Salkeld (Editor), Chris Bonington (Foreword by) World Mountaineering captures the essence of one of the most exhilarating sports, with rare insights into the lives of those who dare to accept nature's most awesome challenges. Featuring more than fifty of the world's most daunting mountains, from Mount Everest in Asia to Mount McKinley and Grand Teton in North America, this book is organized ... see all copies from £8.56! new only from £38.63! \| first editions
25 view cover	More Great Railway Journeys more books like this by Bonington Allen, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Sir Chris Bonington Seven people from various fields of activity provide personal accounts of railway journeys in different parts of the world: East Africa, Canada, Zimbabwe/Zambia/Tanzania, Argentina, Europe, Syria/Jordan, and the North of England/Scotland. see all copies from £1.89! new only from £20.01! \| first editions

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