num_pages: 800
description:  * Shipton's pioneering treks and climbs in unmapped mountain ranges laid the groundwork for the first ascent of Everest and other Himalayan peaks * A global traveler he was tapped for Britain's diplomatic core during World War II * These six books cover Shipton's greatest adventuresNew 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 TempestEric Shipton's adventures 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.
language: English
title: The Six Mountain-Travel Books
publisher: Mountaineers Books, The