Quel mondo inesplorato

Year: 2002 Pages: 364 Eric Shipton is considered the greatest of British mountaineer-explorers. From the Alps he passes to the peaks of Kenya and the Himalayas, where in 1931 he participates in the expedition that climbs Kamet (7756 metres), the highest elevation reached by man up to that time. He then visits many of the most important mountain ranges on the planet, from those in southern China to the Patagonian Andes. But his name remains connected above all to Everest: over twenty years he explored its buttresses, finally identifying the route of the South Col, which would then be exploited by Hillary and his companions in the first ascent of the "roof" of the world. An advocate of light expeditions, Shipton left evidence of his mountaineering adventures in numerous volumes, including this autobiography which stands out for its liveliness, capable of transmitting to the reader the passion for virgin spaces that animated the author throughout his life.