Mountaineering

By H. W. Bill Tilman The eight books collected here are humorous, learned, devastatingly candid, and packed with information. They recount voyages ...

By W. E. Bowman An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite s...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Libby Purves ‘Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat.No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure’ So read the c...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Tony Howard Upon this trackless waste of snow, cut by a shrewd wind, they sat down and wept. In China to Chitral H.W...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Gerda Pauler An expedition that cannot organise itself… on the back of an old envelope, is bound to suffer from the ...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington ‘To those who went to the War straight from school and survived it, the problem of what to do af...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by John Porter ‘I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it.’ – H. W. Tilman, on reaching the summit o...

By Jim Gregson A beautifully presented hardback book illustrated with beautiful pictures taken on Jim Gregson's various expeditions. This book cove...

How we reached and climbed a volcano at the ends of the earth Philip Temple With a Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary HEARD ISLAND, an improbably remo...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Steve Bell Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction. It’s 1...

By Ian Smith Arthur Beale supplied many prestigious explorers and mountaineers including Edward WhymperEdward Whymper, FRSE (1840 – 1911) was an En...