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Season:AW09
Brand:Cordee
Code:5031355
Sir Chris Bonington is perhaps Britains best known climber, and this is his autobiography, charting his extraordinary life and even more extraordinary climbing achievements. Chris' climbing career includes nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest and the first ascent of the south face of Annapurna. He has other first ascents to his name in teh Alps and greater ranges.
His autobiography gives you an insight into what it takes to conquer fear and survive in some of the most inhospitable places in the world. It details the physical challenges involved, personal injury and near death experiences, climbing the highest peaks on the planet.
It also shines alight into his personal life with the loss of his son, Conrad in 1966, and recently the loss of his wife of 50 years, Wendy, through Motor Neurone Disease. It also describes how he found love again and remarried in 2016.
All copies signed by Sir Chris Bonington
'These well chronicled chapters of Chris’s life read like the pages of an epic saga with all the battle and victory, triumph and tragedy, love and loss one would expect of a mythical hero.' - Leo Houlding
'Bonington was a fabulous and very creative climber. He brought Britain back to being a leading nation of climbers.' - Reinhold Messner