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

      Major H. W. Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC, Bar

      In China to Chitral H.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to…

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

      Major H. W. Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC, Bar

      In Mischief’s Wake gives H.W. Tilman’s account of the loss of Mischief, the pilot cutter in which he had sailed over 100,000 miles to high latitudes in both Arctic and…

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      Mount Everest 1938: Whether These Mountains are Climbed or Not, Smaller Expeditions are a Step in the Right Direction

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      It’s 1938, the British have thrown everything they’ve got at Everest but they’ve still not reached the summit. War in Europe seems inevitable; the Empire is shrinking. Still reeling from…

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      Nepal Himalaya: The Most Mountainous of a Singularly Mountainous Country

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      During 1949 and 1950 H.W. Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal’s Himalaya. He explored the Ganesh Himal, before moving on to the Jugal Himal and then an ambitious trip to…

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

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      In 1936 an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi in the Garhwal Himalaya. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed…

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

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      The scope of H.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman’s When Men & Mountains Meet is broad, covering his disastrous expedition to the Assam Himalaya, a small exploratory trip into Sikkim, and his wartime…

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

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      First published in 1937, Snow on the Equator chronicles H.W. Tilman’s early adventures; his transition from East African coffee planter to famed mountaineer.

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

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      Mischief among the Penguins is H.W. Tilman’s account of his voyage to the Southern Ocean island groups of Crozet and Kerguelen, on his fifty-year-old wooden pilot cutter Mischief.

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      Mischief Goes South Paperback: Every herring should hang by its own tail

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      Mischief goes South is H.W. Tilman’s account of a voyage dogged by crew trouble. The two unsuccessful voyages regaled follow Tilman to the Antarctic Peninsula, the remote Crozet Islands and…

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

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      Mischief in Patagonia follows H.W. Tilman’s voyage on his across the Patagonian ice cap. Filled with Tilman’s characteristic wit, this recounts one of his most ambitious expeditions.

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

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      Mostly Mischief’s ordinary title belies extraordinary voyages made by H.W. Tilman in both Arctic and Antarctic waters, including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level.

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