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High Mountains and Cold Seas: Th e life of H.W . `Bill Tilman: soldier, mountaineer, navigator (Paperback)

By J.R.L. Anderson

Crescent House, United Kingdom, 2017. Paperback. Condition: New. New edition. Language: English . Brand New Book. Harold William `Bill Tilman (1898-1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and navigator who held exploration above all else. The son of a Liverpool sugar importer, 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 and they began their famed partnership, traversing Mount and climbing Kilimanjaro. Turning to the Himalaya, Tilman went on two expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of , the highest mountain climbed until 1950. He was the first European to climb in the remote Assam Himalaya, delved into s and explored extensively in , all the while developing a mountaineering style characterised by its simplicity and emphasis on exploration. It was perhaps logical 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 he sailed Mischief and her...

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