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Two Mountains and a River I made a resolve not to begin climbing until assured by a plague of flies that summer had really come von H.W. Tilman

H.W. Tilman's 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... Mehr

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Two Mountains and a River I made a resolve not to begin climbing until assured by a plague of flies that summer had really come von H.W. Tilman

H.W. Tilman's 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...

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Mount Everest 1938 Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction von H.W. Tilman

'Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction.' It's 1938, the British have thrown everything they've got at Everest but they've still not... Mehr

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Mount Everest 1938 Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction von H.W. Tilman

'Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction.' It's 1938, the British have thrown everything they've got at Everest but they've still not reached the summit. War in Europe seems...

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Mischief goes South Every herring should hang by its own tail von H.W. Tilman

'No sea voyage can be dull for a man who has an eye for the ever-changing sea and sky, the waves, the wind and the way of a ship upon the water.' So observes H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in this account of... Mehr

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Mischief goes South Every herring should hang by its own tail von H.W. Tilman

'No sea voyage can be dull for a man who has an eye for the ever-changing sea and sky, the waves, the wind and the way of a ship upon the water.' So observes H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in this account of two lengthy voyages in which dull...

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China to Chitral Mountains are the beginning and end of all scenery von H.W. Tilman

In China to ChitralH.W. 'Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a... Mehr

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China to Chitral Mountains are the beginning and end of all scenery von H.W. Tilman

In China to ChitralH.W. 'Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the...

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Triumph and Tribulation No ship should be without Tabasco sauce von H.W. Tilman

'Experience is said to be the name men give to their mistakes and of the experience I gained in Spitsbergen that may well be true.' The circumnavigation of Spitsbergen is the first of three voyages... Mehr

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Triumph and Tribulation No ship should be without Tabasco sauce von H.W. Tilman

'Experience is said to be the name men give to their mistakes and of the experience I gained in Spitsbergen that may well be true.' The circumnavigation of Spitsbergen is the first of three voyages described in H.W. 'Bill' Tilman's...

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Nepal Himalaya The most mountainous of a singularly mountainous country. von H.W. Tilman

Throughout 1949 and 1950 H.W. 'Bill' Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal and its Himalayan mountains, taking advantage of some of the first access to the country for Western travellers... Mehr

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Nepal Himalaya The most mountainous of a singularly mountainous country. von H.W. Tilman

Throughout 1949 and 1950 H.W. 'Bill' Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal and its Himalayan mountains, taking advantage of some of the first access to the country for Western travellers in the 20th century. Tilman and his...

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Mischief among the Penguins Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure. von H.W. Tilman

'Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.' So read the crew notice placed in the personal column of The Times by H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in the spring of... Mehr

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Mischief among the Penguins Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure. von H.W. Tilman

'Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.' So read the crew notice placed in the personal column of The Times by H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in the spring of 1959. This approach to selecting...

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Ice with Everything In climbing mountains or sailing the seas one often has to settle for less than one hoped. von H.W. Tilman

'For most men, as Epicurus has remarked, rest is stagnation and activity madness. Mad or not, the activity that I have been pursuing for the last twenty years takes the form of voyages to remote,... Mehr

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Ice with Everything In climbing mountains or sailing the seas one often has to settle for less than one hoped. von H.W. Tilman

'For most men, as Epicurus has remarked, rest is stagnation and activity madness. Mad or not, the activity that I have been pursuing for the last twenty years takes the form of voyages to remote, mountainous regions.' H.W. 'Bill'...

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Mischief in Patagonia An intolerable deal of sea, one halfpennyworth of mountain von H.W. Tilman

'So I began thinking again of those two white blanks on the map, of penguins and humming birds, of the pampas and of gauchos, in short, of Patagonia, a place where, one was told, the natives'... Mehr

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Mischief in Patagonia An intolerable deal of sea, one halfpennyworth of mountain von H.W. Tilman

'So I began thinking again of those two white blanks on the map, of penguins and humming birds, of the pampas and of gauchos, in short, of Patagonia, a place where, one was told, the natives' heads steam when they eat...

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In Mischief's Wake In the joy of the actors lies the sense of any action. That is the explanation, that the excuse. von H.W. Tilman

'I felt like one who had first betrayed and then deserted a stricken friend; a friend with whom for the past fourteen years I had spent more time at sea than on land, and who, when not at sea, had... Mehr

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In Mischief's Wake In the joy of the actors lies the sense of any action. That is the explanation, that the excuse. von H.W. Tilman

'I felt like one who had first betrayed and then deserted a stricken friend; a friend with whom for the past fourteen years I had spent more time at sea than on land, and who, when not at sea, had seldom been out of my thoughts.' The...

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When Men & Mountains Meet Like the desire for drink or drugs, the craving for mountains is not easily overcome von H.W. Tilman

'We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of the next. "Strenuousness is... Mehr

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When Men & Mountains Meet Like the desire for drink or drugs, the craving for mountains is not easily overcome von H.W. Tilman

'We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of the next. "Strenuousness is the immortal path, sloth is the way of...

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Snow on the Equator Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey von H.W. Tilman

'To those who went to the War straight from school and survived it, the problem of what to do afterwards was peculiarly difficult.' For H.W. 'Bill' Tilman, the solution lay in Africa: in gold... Mehr

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Snow on the Equator Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey von H.W. Tilman

'To those who went to the War straight from school and survived it, the problem of what to do afterwards was peculiarly difficult.' For H.W. 'Bill' Tilman, the solution lay in Africa: in gold prospecting, mountaineering and a 3,000-mile...

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