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Major H. W. Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC, Bar Gerda Pauler

Two Mountains and a River Paperback

I Made a Resolve Not to Begin Climbing Until Assured by a Plague of Flies That Summer Had Really...

Major H. W. Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC, Bar, Gerda Pauler

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Tilman
01 March 2022

True stories: discovery, historical & scientific; Sailing; Climbing & mountaineering; Classic travel writing

Series: H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition

An expedition that cannot organise itself on the back of an old envelope, is bound to suffer from the effects of too much organisation.

Two Mountains and a River picks up where Mount Everest 1938 left off. In this instalment of adventures, Tilman and two Swiss mountaineers set off for the Gilgit region of the Himalaya with the formidable objective of an attempt on the giant Rakaposhi (25,550 feet).

However, this project was not to be fulfilled. Not one to be dispirited, Tilman and his various accomplices - including pioneering mountaineer and regular partner Eric Shipton - continue to trek and climb in locations across China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other areas of Asia, including the Kukuay Glacier, Muztagh Ata - the source of the Oxus river - and Ishkashim, where the author was arrested on suspicion of being a spy...

Two Mountains and a River brims with the definitive Tilman qualities - detailed observations and ever-present humour - that convey a strong appreciation of the adventures and mishaps he experiences along the way. This classic mountaineering text maintains Tilman's name as a unique and inquisitive explorer and raconteur.

AUTHOR: Harold William 'Bill' Tilman (1898-1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else. Tilman joined the army at seventeen and was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery during WWI. After the war Tilman left for Africa, establishing himself as a coffee grower. He met Eric Shipton and began their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing Mount Kenya and climbing Kilimanjaro. Turning to the Himalaya, Tilman went on two Mount Everest expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of Nanda Devi-the highest mountain climbed until 1950. He was the first European to climb in the remote Assam Himalaya, he delved into Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor and he explored extensively in Nepal, all the while developing a mountaineering style characterised by its simplicity and emphasis on exploration. It was perhaps logical then that Tilman would eventually buy the pilot cutter Mischief-not with the intention of retiring from travelling, but to access remote mountains. For twenty-two years Tilman sailed Mischief and her successors to Patagonia, where he crossed the vast ice cap, and to Baffin Island to make the first ascent of Mount Raleigh. He made trips to Greenland, Spitsbergen and the South Shetlands, before disappearing in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1977.

By: Major H. W. Tilman CBE DSO MC Bar
Foreword by: Gerda Pauler
Imprint: Tilman
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781909461307
ISBN 10: 190946130X
Series: H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Foreword – Gerda Pauler Preface I Food and Equipment II Karachi to Abbottabad III The Approach March IV Gilgit—Arrival and Departure V The Jaglot Approaches VI The Two Ridges VII The Dainyor Nallah VIII The Kukuay Glacier IX Chalt to Misgar X Misgar to Tashkurghan XI Muztagh Ata XII To Kashgar XIII Another Way Home XIV The Oxus Source XV Sarhad to Ishkashim—Open Arrest XVI Ishkashim—Close Arrest XVII Destination Unknown XVIII Faizabad and Freedom

Harold William ‘Bill’ Tilman (1898–1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else. Tilman joined the army at seventeen and was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery during WWI. After the war Tilman left for Africa, establishing himself as a coffee grower. He met Eric Shipton and began their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing Mount Kenya and climbing Kilimanjaro. Turning to the Himalaya, Tilman went on two Mount Everest expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of Nanda Devi – the highest mountain climbed until 1950. He was the first European to climb in the remote Assam Himalaya, he delved into Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor and he explored extensively in Nepal, all the while developing a mountaineering style characterised by its simplicity and emphasis on exploration. It was perhaps logical then that Tilman would eventually buy the pilot cutter Mischief – not with the intention of retiring from travelling, but to access remote mountains. For twenty-two years Tilman sailed Mischief and her successors to Patagonia, where he crossed the vast ice cap, and to Baffin Island to make the first ascent of Mount Raleigh. He made trips to Greenland, Spitsbergen and the South Shetlands, before disappearing in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1977.