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\n Sir Chris Bonington memoir Ascent will chart not only his many triumphs in the climbing world – such as the Eiger, and the Himalaya – but also the struggles he has faced in his life bringing up a family, and maintaining a successful and loving marriage over the decades of travelling the world to conquer mountains.He has undertaken nineteen Himalayan expeditions, including four to Mount Everest which he climbed in 1985 at the age of fifty, and has made many first ascents in the Alps and greater ranges of the world. Along the way we will be fascinated by his many daring climbs, near-death adventures, and the many luminaries of the mountain fraternity he has climbed with, and in some cases – witness their deaths on the rock. The mercurial Dougal Haston; the legendary-tough Don Whillans, the philosopher of the rock Stephen Venables, and the enigmatic Doug Scott, plus many more \u2013 this will be an expert\u2019s opinion on the past sixty years of British\/ world mountaineering.In Ascent Chris also discusses his first wife (Wendy) who tragically passed away after a long battle with motor neuron disease – his many years of caring for her, and then in his twilight years deciding to return to an iconic climb from his past – The Old Man of Hoy – to summit at the age of 80 years of age. He has now also found love again amidst the sadness and grief. It is a truly inspirational tale.Ascent will be a memoir like no other. Not only a cerebral narrative on what it takes to conquer fear, and learn\/ develop the technical skills necessary to climb the world\u2019s greatest peaks; what it is like to survive in places no human being can ultimately reside in for longer than a few months at very high altitude, but also how one overcomes emotional obstacles, too, and rediscover what drives us on to happiness. <\/p>\n

ASIN \u200f : \u200e 1471157555
Publisher \u200f : \u200e Simon & Schuster
Publication date \u200f : \u200e 19 October 2017
Edition \u200f : \u200e Export
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Print length \u200f : \u200e 400 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 9781471157554
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-1471157554
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 400 g
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 15.3 x 2.75 x 23.4 cm
Importer \u200f : \u200e Simon and Schuster
Packer \u200f : \u200e Simon and Schuster
Generic Name \u200f : \u200e Book
Best Sellers Rank: #211,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #63 in Climbing & Mountaineering (Books) #8,604 in Biographies & Autobiographies (Books)
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