{"product_id":"9781909461154","title":"Snow on the Equator: Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘To those who went to the War straight from school and survived it, the problem of what to do afterwards was peculiarly difficult.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cb\u003eH.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman\u003c\/b\u003e, the solution lay in Africa: in gold prospecting, mountaineering and a 3,000-mile bicycle ride across the continent. Tilman was one of the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering climber and sailor who held exploration above all else. He made \u003cb\u003efirst ascents\u003c\/b\u003e throughout the \u003cb\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/b\u003e, attempted \u003cb\u003eMount Everest\u003c\/b\u003e, and sailed into the \u003cb\u003eArctic Circle\u003c\/b\u003e. For Tilman, the goal was always to explore, to see new places, to discover rather than conquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1937, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSnow on the Equator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Tilman’s early adventures; his transition from East African coffee planter to famed mountaineer. After World War I, Tilman left for Africa, where he grew coffee, prospected for gold and met \u003cb\u003eEric Shipton\u003c\/b\u003e, the two beginning their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing \u003cb\u003eMount Kenya\u003c\/b\u003e and climbing \u003cb\u003eKilimanjaro\u003c\/b\u003e and Ruwenzori. Tilman eventually left Africa in typically adventurous style via a 3,000-mile solo bicycle ride across the continent—all recounted here in splendidly funny style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTilman is one of the greatest of all \u003cb\u003etravel writers\u003c\/b\u003e. His books are well-informed and keenly observed, concerned with places and people as much as summits and achievements. They are full of humour and anecdotes and are \u003cb\u003efrequently hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e. He is part of the great British tradition of comic writing and there is nobody else quite like him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132140601584,"sku":"9781909461154","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909461154_p0.jpg?v=1763623987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909461154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}