H. W. Tilman: The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

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H. W. Tilman has been called 'arguably the best expedition writer & best explorer-mountaineer' of the 20th century. This collection of Tilman's seven mountain-travel books is bound in one book, covering the years 1919–1952, the omnibus including: Snow on the Equator, The Ascent of Nanda Devi, When Men & Mountains Meet, Everest 1938, Two Mountains & a River, China to Chitral & Nepal Himalaya. Tilman's belief was "any worthwhile expedition can be planned on the back of an envelope." He wrote fifteen mountaineering & sailing books. Tilman (on reaching the summit of Nanda Devi): "I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it." Tilman (after arduous & ultimately unsuccessful attempts on two peaks in Central Asia, & his arrest as a spy): " As I turned to go down into Chitral, tired, lousy, & bereft of my diaries, I felt that the year had at any rate been rich in instruction."