{"product_id":"9781909461451","title":"High Mountains and Cold Seas: The life of H.W. 'Bill' Tilman: soldier, mountaineer, navigator","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold William ‘Bill’ Tilman\u003c\/b\u003e (1898 –1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe son of a Liverpool sugar importer, Tilman joined the army at seventeen and was twice awarded the \u003cb\u003eMilitary Cross\u003c\/b\u003e for bravery during WWI. After the war Tilman left for Africa, establishing himself as a coffee grower. He met \u003cb\u003eEric Shipton\u003c\/b\u003e and they began their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing \u003cb\u003eMount Kenya\u003c\/b\u003e and climbing \u003cb\u003eKilimanjaro\u003c\/b\u003e. Turning to the \u003cb\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/b\u003e, Tilman went on two \u003cb\u003eMount Everest\u003c\/b\u003e expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of \u003cb\u003eNanda Devi\u003c\/b\u003e, the highest mountain climbed until 1950. He was the first European to climb in the remote \u003cb\u003eAssam Himalaya\u003c\/b\u003e, delved into Afghanistan’s \u003cb\u003eWakhan Corridor\u003c\/b\u003e and explored extensively in Nepal, all the while developing a mountaineering style characterised by its simplicity and emphasis on exploration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was perhaps logical that Tilman would eventually buy the pilot cutter \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e, not with the intention of retiring from travelling, but to access remote mountains. For twenty-two years he sailed \u003ci\u003eMischief\u003c\/i\u003e and her successors in search of them—to \u003cb\u003ePatagonia\u003c\/b\u003e, where he made the first easterly crossing of the ice cap, to \u003cb\u003eBaffin Island\u003c\/b\u003e to make the first ascent of \u003cb\u003eMount Raleigh\u003c\/b\u003e, to \u003cb\u003eGreenland\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSpitsbergen\u003c\/b\u003e, and islands in the far Southern Ocean, before disappearing in the South Atlantic in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.R.L. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e’s \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Mountains and Cold Seas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a wealth of personal correspondence between Tilman—a compulsive letter writer—and his immediate family and close friends, crafting the first detailed account of the extraordinary life of this remarkable, but very private individual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vertebrate Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154287837424,"sku":"9781909461451","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909461451_p0.jpg?v=1763624021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909461451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}