Cover of Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain Travel Books

Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain Travel Books

by Eric Shipton · 1985

+ Want to read

* Shipton's pioneering treks and climbs in unmapped mountain ranges laid the groundwork for the first ascent of Everest and other Himalayan peaks

Read more

* A global traveler, he was tapped for Britain's diplomatic core during World War II

* These six books cover Shipton's greatest adventures

New paper edition of the classic omnibus "Shipton 6" — now with foreword by Stephen Venables. Includes complete text of Shipton's six books:

— Nanda Devi

— Blank on the Map

— Upon That Mountain

— Mountains of Tartary

— Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951

— Land of Tempest

Eric Shipton'sadventures in the mountains are virtually incomparable. He explored Central Asia, Africa, and South America, making a number of significant first ascents of his own as well as pioneering routes for the first ascents of others. This set of Shipton's six mountain-travel books, now in paperback, takes readers along on his exploits and expeditions, letting them experience a time in history when vast regions of the world were unknown to all but the indigenous inhabitants.

Subject
traveltravelMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
BritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain Travel Books? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain Travel Books. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong Gordon Stainforth · 2012 Shares mountaineering, mountains, travel
  2. Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage: The Lonely Challenge Hermann Buhl · 1982 Shares mountaineering, mountains, travel
  3. Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8000 metre peak circus in Pakistan's Karakoram mountains Mark Horrell · 2011 Shares mountaineering, mountains
  4. The Mystery Of Mallory And Irvine Tom Holzel, Audrey Salkeld · 1986 Shares mountaineering, mountains, travel
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same (travel), start with these.”

  1. And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History Charlie Connelly · 2009
  2. Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire Simon Winchester · 1985
  3. On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys Michael Williams · 2010
  4. Belles and Whistles: Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains Andrew Martin · 2014

“If it was the mountaineering that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Dark Shadows Falling Joe Simpson · 1997
  2. My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks Jerzy Kukuczka · 1992
  3. Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps Fergus Fleming · 2000
  4. The White Spider Heinrich Harrer · 1959

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak Ed Viesturs, David Roberts · 2011
  2. The Ascent of Rum Doodle W.E. Bowman · 1956
  3. Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes Maurice Isserman, Stewart Weaver · 2008
  4. The Ascent of Everest John Hunt · 1953

Report a problem