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NOTABLE CLIMBS

  • 1961 Central Pillar of Freney, Mont Blanc (First Ascent) with Ian Clough

  • 1962 North Wall of the Eiger (First British Ascent); Central Tower Of Paine , Patagonia (First Ascent)

  • 1965 Coronation Street, Cheddar Gorge (First Ascent)

  • 1966 Old Man of Hoy (First Ascent)

  • 1970 Annapurna South Face Expedition (Leader)

  • 1972 British Everest Expedition (Leader)

  • 1973 Brammah (6411m) (First Ascent)

  • 1974 Changabang , Garhwal Himalaya (6864m) (First Ascent)

  • 1975 British South West Face of Everest Expedition (Leader), The Ogre (7285m) (Leader) with Doug Scott ; British K2 Expedition to West Face K2.

  • 1981 Kongur Tagh (7719m) (first ascent)

  • 1982 British Everest Expedition, North East Ridge (Leader)

  • 1983 West Summit of Shivling , Gangotri (6501m) (First Ascent)

  • 1983 Vinson Massif (4897m) (First British Ascent - solo)

  • 1985 Ascent of Mount Everest (8850m) as member of Norwegian Everest Expedition



BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ''I Chose to Climb'' (Gollancz) 1966

  • ''Annapurna South Face'' (Cassell) 1970 (dedicated to the memory of Ian Clough , who was killed after the ascent)

  • ''The Next Horizon'' (Gollancz) 1972

  • ''Everest South West Face'' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1973

  • ''Changabang'' (Heinemann)1974

  • ''Everest the Hard Way'' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1976

  • ''Quest for Adventure'' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1981

  • ''Kongur: China's Elusive Summit'' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1982

  • ''Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge'' (with Dr Charles Clarke) (Hodder and Stoughton) 1983

  • ''The Everest Years'' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1986

  • ''Mountaineer - Thirty Years of Climbing on the World's Great Peaks'' (Hodder and Stoughton) 1989

  • ''The Climbers'' (BBC Books and Hodder and Stoughton) 1992

  • ''Sea, Ice and Rock'' (with Robin Knox-Johnston ) (Hodder and Stoughton) 1992

  • ''Great Climbs'' (Ed with Audrey Salkeld) (Reed Illustrated Books) 1994

  • ''Tibet's Secret Mountain, the Triumph of Sepu Kangri'' (with Dr Charles Clarke) (Weidenfield and Nicholson) 1999

  • ''Boundless Horizons'' (Weidenfield and Nicholson) 2000



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