Nanda Devi

Author: Eric Shipton
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1910240168
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
'When a man is conscious of the urge to explore, not all the arduous journeyings, the troubles that will beset him and the lack of material gains from his investigations will stop him.' Nanda Devi is one of the most inaccessible mountains in the Himalaya. It is surrounded by a huge ring of peaks, among them some of the highest mountains in the Indian Himalaya. For fifty years the finest mountaineers of the early twentieth century had repeatedly tried and failed to reach the foot of the mountain. Then, in 1934, Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman found a way in. Their 1934 expedition is regarded as the epitome of adventurous mountain exploration. With their three tough and enthusiastic Sherpa companions Angtharkay, Kusang and Pasang, they solved the problem of access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. They crossed difficult cols, made first ascents and explored remote, uninhabited valleys, all of which is recounted in Shipton's wonderfully vivid Nanda Devi - a true evocation of Shipton's enduring spirit of adventure and one of the most inspirational travel books ever written.

Nanda Devi

Author: John Roskelley
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898867398
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, a 26,645-foot peak in India's remote northwest frontier. What unfolded during this climb was a story of strong emotion, conflicting ambitions, death and victory, desire and regret. This is the story of Willi Unsoeld, the expedition leader who supported the participation of his young daughter, who was named after the mountain they were climbing.

Nanda Devi

Author: Hugh Thomson
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0297865358
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
The story of an amazing journey to one of the remotest, most mysterious places on earth Until 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been visited by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks which effectively seal off the mountain at their centre it is virtually impenetrable. But in 1934 Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman solved the problem in the first of their great Himalayan expeditions by forcing a way up the river gorge. The onset of war meant that the Sanctuary remained un-visited for many years and it was then closed to travellers for political reasons. After a brief period in the seventies when it was opened for expeditions the Indian Government again closed the Sanctuary. In 2000 the Sanctuary was entered for one single visit. Hugh Thomson was offered a place on this unique expedition led by Eric Shipton's son, John Shipton and the great Indian mountaineer, Colonel Kumar. This journey forms the basis of the book. Woven through it are all the amazing stories that surround the mountain - a powerful blend of myths and politics.

The Nanda Devi Affair

Author: Bill Aitken
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780140240450
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Author's travel impressions of Uttar Khand Region and Hindu shrines in the region.

Spies in the Himalayas

Author: M. S. Kohli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Spies in the Himalayas chronicles for the first time the details of these expeditions sanctioned by U.S. and Indian intelligence, telling the story of clandestine climbs and hair-raising exploits. Led by legendary Indian mountaineer Mohan S. Kohli, conqueror of Everest, the mission was beset by hazardous climbs, weather delays, aborted attempts, and even missing radioactive materials that may or may not still pose contamination threat to Indian rivers.

Nanda Devi

Author: Deepak Sanan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nanda Devi (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description

Meeting the Mountains

Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173870859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444

Book Description
Writings on the expeditions and treks undertaken by the author.

In the Garb of Nanda Devi Raj Jaat

Author: Chandra S. Negi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186844229
Category : Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Fatal Mountaineer

Author: Robert Roper
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429979895
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
Robert Roper's Fatal Mountaineer is a gripping look at Willi Unsoeld and the epic climbs that defined him--a classic narrative blending action with ethics, fame with tragedy, a man's ambition with a father's anguish. In 1963, Willi Unsoeld became an international hero for his conquest of the West Ridge of Everest. A charismatic professor of philosophy, Unsoeld was one of the greatest climbers of the twentieth century, a man whose raw physical power and casual fearlessness inspired a generation of adventurers. In 1976, during an expedition to Nanda Devi, the tallest peak in India, Unsoeld's philosophy of spiritual growth through mortal risk was tragically tested. The outcome of that expedition continues to fuel one of the most fascinating debates in mountaineering history.

The World of Nomads

Author: Shyam Singh Shashi
Publisher: Lotus Press
ISBN: 9788183820516
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description