This final volume in the series explores the dangerous and fraught terrain of
\nTibet and a love affair with the world’s highest peak. In 1985 Chris Bonington
\ncrowned an already distinguished mountaineering career by reaching the summit
\nof Everest at the age of fifty – an achievement which won him enormous popular
\nacclaim and affection. Here he tells of his fascination with the highest point
\non earth and why it meant so much to him to finally stand there himself. <\/p>\n
Sir Chris Bonington is a household name as a result of his distinguished
\nmountaineering career during which he has lead pioneering expeditions to the
\nsummits of some of the most stunning mountains in the world. The Everest Years
\nshares the story of his relationship with the highest and most sought-after
\npeak on the planet, Everest, and his ultimate fulfilment upon finally
\nsummiting in 1985 at age fifty.<\/p>\n
Bonington chronicles four expeditions to the Himalaya and Everest, including
\nthe 1975 South-West Face expedition on which he was leader and on which Doug
\nScott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to summit the mountain.
\nBonington also recounts expeditions to K2 and The Ogre (Baintha Brakk) in the
\nKarakoram, and Kongur, in China, describing passionately each attempt: the
\nlogistics, glory, and tragedy, seeking to explain his perpetual fascination
\nwith the highest points on earth, despite repeatedly enduring the trauma of
\nlosing friends, and often placing huge responsibility upon anxious loved ones
\nleft at home.<\/p>\n
The Everest Years reveals Bonington’s love and appreciation for his ever-
\nsupportive wife Wendy, the loyal Sherpas, the companions sharing his mountain
\nmemories including Doug Scott, Dougal Haston, Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker and
\nMo Anthoine, and of course the glorious peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram
\nmountain ranges. Following I Chose to Climb and The Next Horizon, this final
\ninstalment of Bonington’s autobiography will take you through a huge spectrum
\nof brutally honest emotions and majestic landscapes.
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