Bill Tilman

Harold William `Bill¿ Tilman (1898¿1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else. 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 Eric Shipton and began their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing Mount Kenya and climbing Kilimanjaro. Turning to the Himalaya, Tilman went on two Mount Everest expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of Nanda Devi ¿ the highest mountain climbed until 1950.

Ebooks

The Ascent of Nanda Devi: I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it

When Men & Mountains Meet: Like the desire for drink or drugs, the craving for mountains is not easily overcome

Two Mountains and a River: I made a resolve not to begin climbing until assured by a plague of flies that summer had really come

Mischief in Greenland: Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains

Mischief in Patagonia: An intolerable deal of sea, one halfpennyworth of mountain

Triumph and Tribulation: No ship should be without Tabasco sauce

In Mischief's Wake: In the joy of the actors lies the sense of any action. That is the explanation, that the excuse.

Ice with Everything: In climbing mountains or sailing the seas one often has to settle for less than one hoped.

Mostly Mischief: Including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level

Mount Everest 1938: Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction

The Ascent of Nanda Devi

China to Chitral: Mountains are the beginning and end of all scenery

Mischief goes South: Every herring should hang by its own tail

Mischief among the Penguins: Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.

Snow on the Equator: Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey