Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and
\nMenlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British
\nhistory.<\/p>\n
In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa
\nand the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa
\nby bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus
\nRiver to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese
\nHimalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, ‚The journeys of discovery undertaken
\nthrough two decades by this pair of venturesome ragamuffins are unparallelled
\nin the annals of mountain exploration.‘<\/p>\n
Jim Perrin writes of his source-material: ‚These unpublished diaries,
\njournals, and extensive correspondence have not previously been used to
\npresent a portrait of the most productive friendship in the history of
\nmountain exploration. What they reveal is, in Shipton’s phrase, «a random
\nharvest of delight» gathered by two uniquely bold and engaging characters
\nfrom the great mountain ranges of the world during the golden era of their
\nfirst western exploration. Between geographical excitement, the nature of
\narduous travel in difficult and uncharted terrain throughout a lost epoch, and
\nthe quirkiest and most stimulating of friendships, the theme is a gift, and
\none that has long been waiting for adequate treatment‘.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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