Chris Bonington Bücher

Hautnah berichtet Chris Bonington – selbst drei Jahrzehnte lang einer der führenden Männer in der internationalen Bergsteigerszene – die Höhepunkte in der 200jährigen Geschichte des Alpinismus in den Alpen und im Himalaja. Er berichtet von herausragenden Bergsteigern und Erstbegehungen, weiß von bewährten Bergkameradschaften und bitteren Rivalitäten zu erzählen und scheut auch nicht Reizthemen wie Bohrhaken oder Wettkampfklettern. Abgerundet wird das Werk durch zahlreiche Farbbilder, historische Aufnahmen, die hier zum Teil erstmals veröffentlicht werden, ein umfassendes Glossar, ein ausführliches Register und einen tabellarischen Kurzabriss des Alpinismus.

An account of the Greenland expedition undertaken by Bonnington and Knox-Johnston. Travelling in the famous wooden yacht "Suhaili", they pooled their mountaineering and sailing skills to navigate to, and then climb, the peaks of the uninhabited, ice-bound East Greenland coast.

"Here [Bonington] describes his climbing beginnings as a teenager as well as successful ascents all over the world: the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Frèney, the first British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1962, Annapurna II in 1960 and in an unhappy expedition in 1961, Nuptse, the third peak of Everest. ..."--Back cover

In this collection of stories, Chris Bonington looks at the adventurous impulse which has driven men and women to achieve the impossible in the face of Earth's elements - crossing its oceans, deserts and poles; canoeing its rivers; climbing its mountains; and descending into its caves.

A photographic autobiography with theme-setting essays and extended captions that depict the author's complete mountaineering career plus other adventurous exploits with which he has been associated. Blue Nile, volcano climbing in Equador, trips in the Arctic and Antarctic. As it spans a period of 30 years there are also interesting manifestations of changing styles, appearances, etc. In the essays Chris Bonington discusses the climbs in detail and the motivations that have kept him active in this dangerous pursuit for so long.

Joe Simpson rutscht bei einer gefährlichen Bergtour über eine Eiskante. Um nicht selbst mit in die Leere gerissen zu werden, muß sein Freund Yates das Seil kappen, das sie beide verbindet. Doch Simpson entgeht durch einen Zufall dem sicheren Tod. Nun beginnt für ihn der Kampf ums Überleben in einer Hölle aus Eis, während Yates in der Einsamkeit mit seinem Gewissen ringt.

In 1985 Chris Bonington crowned an already distinguished mountaineering career by reaching the summit of Everest at the age of 50 - an achievement which won him much acclaim and affection. Here he tells of his fascination with the highest point on earth and why it meant so much to him to finally stand there himself.

In the last decade of the twentieth century it is almost unbelievable that a mountain range of length comparable to the entire Nepal Himalaya should still remain a vague notion to the geographers and exploratory mountaineers. But such is the mountain range in Tibet that Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke and their team explored. Its highest peak, Sepu Kangri, is 22,802 ft. Amazingly as Bonington says, the area had never been visited by Europeans until his reconnaisance in August 1996. In place of maps Bonington and Clarke had to ask the way to the Great Snow Mountain by the Sacred Lake. The valley of the Diru has rich grazing, flora, farming and flourishing monasteries out of touch with the western world - a Shangri-la for real - and both our authors were accepted and welcomed into this magical way of life. This is much more than a climbing book. The poignancy of Bonington feeling his age, the camaraderie and sometimes tension between members of the team (whose ages ranged from 22 to 62) particularly within 200 metres of the summit of Sepu Kangri, are set against the magical backdrop of an unknown Tibetan world and portray an extraordinary expedition. Chapters written by Charles