Shipton and Tilman

Shipton and Tilman
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 9780091795467
ISBN-13 : 009179546X
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Book Synopsis Shipton and Tilman by : Jim Perrin

Download or read book Shipton and Tilman written by Jim Perrin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya.


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