Chessler Books
Rock Climbing - Mountaineering - Exploration
New - Used - Collectible - Signed
Home
|
Titles Site Map
|
Subjects Site Map
|
New Arrivals
|
What's On Sale
|
Contact
|
View Cart
All Orders Shipped via United States Postal Service
$20 & less
10th Mt Div
7 Summits
8000 M
Africa
Alaska, Denali
Alps, UK, Caucasus
Andes, Patagonia
Antarctic, Arctic, Voyage
Anthologies, Essays
Autographed
Avalanches, Rescue
Biographies
Canada
Cascades
Caving
Chessler Catalogs
Children
CO, UT, Rockies
DVD Video
Ephemera, Catalogs
EVEREST, KHUMBU
Expeditions, Narratives
Fiction
Glaciers, Geology
Guidebooks
Ice Axes Pitons
Indian Himalaya
K2, KARAKORAM
Magazines, Journals
Maps Antique
Maps Topo
Nepal Himalaya
Northeast USA
Norway, Greenland
NZ, AU, New Guinea
Photos, Photo Books
Posters, Art
RARE, USED, COLLECTIBLE
ROCK & ICE CLIMBING
Sale
Skiing
Technique, Reference, His
Tetons, WY, No Rockies
Tibet China Asia Japan Ru
USA Climb Hike History
Yosemite Sierra CA AZ NV
Author:
Title:
Keyword:
Item #:
Select a Subject...
$20 & less
10th Mountain Division, Military
8000 Meter Peaks
Africa
Alaska, McKinley, Denali
Alps, Britain, Europe, Caucasus
Andes, Patagonia, South America
Antarctica, Arctic, Polar, Voyages
Anthologies, Essays, Collections
Autographed
Avalanches, Rescue, Survival, 1st Aid
Biographies, Narratives
Canada
Cascades, Olympics
Caving
Chessler Books Catalogs
Children's Books
Colorado, Utah, Rockies
DVD and VIDEO
Ephemera: Postcards, Newspapers, Programs, Advertising, Catalogs
Everest, Khumbu
Expeditions, Narratives, Biographies, Adventure Travel
Fiction, Cartoons, Poetry
Glaciers, Geology, Weather
Guidebooks, Climbing, Hiking, Travel
Ice Axes, Pitons, Carabiners
Indian Himalaya, Bhutan, Sikkim, Kashmir
Karakoram, K2, Hindu Kush
Magazines and Journals
Maps: Antiquarian, Collectible
Maps: Topo, Climbing, Hiking
Nepal Himalaya
New England, Mid Atlantic
New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea
Norway, Greenland, Scandinavia
Photography, Illustrations
Posters, Art
Rare, Used, Collectible
Rock & Ice Climbing
Sale
Seven Summits
Skiing
Technique, Reference, Climbing History
Tetons, Wyoming, Northern Rockies
Tibet China Central Asia Russia Japan
USA Climbing, Hiking, Travel, History
Yosemite, Sierra, California
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
Mc
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
100 Best Mountaineering Books
About Us
After Thin Air [Everest 1996 legacy]
Are Your Signed Books Authentic?
Book Collecting Anecdotes
Book Colleting: Condition and Value
Can I visit your bookshop?
Certificates of Authenticity
Customer Feedback UPDATED 2022
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
How To Clean A Dirty Dust Jacket
How To Collect Mountaineering Books
How to Order and Pay us
How To Search: Good Ideas
Shipping Rates and Delivery Time
We Buy Mountaineering Books!
Gift Certificates
Modify Customer Info
Contact Us 303-670-0093
Item #: OP286A-128
EVEREST YEARS: A CLIMBER'S LIFE 1986 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By Bonington, Chris
Price: $65.00
List Price: $150.00
You Save $85.00 (57%)
Add to wish list
Click Here For
Related Selections
Detailed Product Description
New York, 1987, 1st UK edition. 256 pp, color and b/w photos, maps. Hardcover with dust jacket. Former owner's name on FEP, else Fine.
SIGNED by Chris Bonington.
The Chris Bonington story; narratives of his many Everest and K2 expeditions. Also includes Vinson, the Ogre, many other climbs.
The years 1970-1987 were been busy ones for Chris Bonington: four expeditions to Mt. Everest, to the Ogre and K2 in the Karakoram, Mt. Kongur in China and Mt. Vinson in Antarctica. Two of his friends perished on the 1982 Everest attempt, another on K2, while Bonington suffered broken ribs and pneumonia as he escorted a companion with broken legs down the Ogre in a storm.
He recounts these climbs in vivid detail: the search for a route on the southwest face of Everest; startling changes in the Nepalese villages (a three-story hotel with penthouse restaurant in Namche Bazar); the successful Norwegian expedition of 1985 when he finally reached the summit.
In between travels, Bonington writes about his adventures (Everest the Hard Way, etc.) at his home in the British Lake District. The Antarctic trip was a bit of a lark for him; he joined an amateur, Dick Bass (Seven Summits, who was attempting to climb the highest peak on every continent. For readers who enjoy action and mountaineering adventure.
From Library Journal
Reaching the summit of Mt. Everest is, for most climbers, the ultimate goal. Bonington, one of the world's best-known mountaineers and perhaps the most prolific, made it in 1985 at age 50 on his fourth attempt. In The Everest Years, his most recent volume of autobiography, he chronicles his Everest expeditions and tells the stories of Doug Scott's descent with two broken legs, and the ascent of Mt. Vinson in the Antarctic with Frank Wells and Dick Bass of Seven Summits fame. Written in an engaging, storytelling style, this profusely illustrated book is entertaining, top-notch mountaineering literature.
Other Items You Might Like
Similar Items Available
Items From This Author
Items From This Category
BOUNDLESS HORIZONS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2000 1st UK ed DJ SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $75.00
- Item # OP5162-128
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
HIGH ACHIEVER: THE LIFE AND CLIMBS OF CHRIS BONINGTON Jim Curran 1999 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Curran, Jim
Price $9.99
~ Regular $26.95, You Save $16.96 (63%)
- Item # BK331-792
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE NEXT HORIZON: AUTOBIOGRAPHY II 1973 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine-Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington Multiple Copies Available
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $65.00
~ Regular $150.00, You Save $85.00 (57%)
- Item # OP283-1283
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE NEXT HORIZON: AUTOBIOGRAPHY II Chris Bonington 1973 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 Copies Available [Not Signed]
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $19.99
~ Regular $40.00, You Save $20.01 (50%)
- Item # OP283A-4982
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE NEXT HORIZON: AUTOBIOGRAPHY II Chris Bonington 1973 UK reprint Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $9.99
~ Regular $40.00, You Save $30.01 (75%)
- Item # OP283C-226
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
EVEREST THE UNCLIMBED RIDGE 1983 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris and Charles Clarke
Price $65.00
~ Regular $75.00, You Save $10.00 (13%)
- Item # OP16A-128
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
EVEREST YEARS: A CLIMBER'S LIFE Chris Bonington 1987 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine [Not Signed]
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $9.95
~ Regular $75.00, You Save $65.05 (87%)
- Item # OP286-106
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CHRIS BONINGTON, MOUNTAINEER: THIRTY YEARS OF CLIMBING THE WORLD'S GREAT PEAKS 1989 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $85.00
~ Regular $95.00, You Save $10.00 (11%)
- Item # OP217A-128p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
IN HIGH PLACES Dougal Haston 1972 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Haston, Dougal
Price $139.99
~ Regular $150.00, You Save $10.01 (7%)
- Item # OP1755-179
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
EVEREST A MOUNTAINEERING HISTORY Walt Unsworth 1981 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine 2 Copies Available SIGNED by Chris Bonington and Kurt Diemberger
By: Unsworth, Walt
Price $39.99
~ Regular $80.00, You Save $40.01 (50%)
- Item # OP1833I-1512
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
BOUNDLESS HORIZONS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2000 1st UK ed DJ SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $75.00
- Item # OP5162-128
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CHRIS BONINGTON, MOUNTAINEER: THIRTY YEARS OF CLIMBING THE WORLD'S GREAT PEAKS 1989 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $85.00
~ Regular $95.00, You Save $10.00 (11%)
- Item # OP217A-128p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
QUEST FOR ADVENTURE 1982 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine 3 Copies Available SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $19.99
~ Regular $35.00, You Save $15.01 (43%)
- Item # OP102A-1673p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
HEROIC CLIMBS: A CELEBRATION OF WORLD MOUNTAINEERING Chris Bonington 1994 1st ed Large Hardcover DJ Very Good
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $9.99
~ Regular $50.00, You Save $40.01 (80%)
- Item # BK168A-144p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE NEXT HORIZON: AUTOBIOGRAPHY II 1973 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Near Fine-Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington Multiple Copies Available
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $65.00
~ Regular $150.00, You Save $85.00 (57%)
- Item # OP283-1283
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
TIBET'S SECRET MOUNTAIN: THE TRIUMPH OF SEPU KANGRI Chris Bonington 1999 1st UK ed DJ Hardcover Fine [Not Signed]
By: Bonington, Chris and Charles Clarke
Price $25.00
~ Regular $50.00, You Save $25.00 (50%)
- Item # OP173C-246
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CHRIS BONINGTON, MOUNTAINEER: THIRTY YEARS OF CLIMBING THE WORLD'S GREAT PEAKS 1990 1st US ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Doug Scott
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $75.00
~ Regular $100.00, You Save $25.00 (25%)
- Item # OP453B-128p
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
TIBET'S SECRET MOUNTAIN: THE TRIUMPH OF SEPU KANGRI 1999 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Hardcover Near Fine-Fine Multiple Copies Available SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris and Charles Clarke
Price $35.00
~ Regular $50.00, You Save $15.00 (30%)
- Item # OP173B-1287
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
I CHOSE TO CLIMB Chris Bonington 1966 1st UK ed DJ Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington with Ephemera
By: Bonington, Chris
Price $299.00
~ Regular $450.00, You Save $151.00 (34%)
- Item # OP436-128
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CHANGABANG Bonington 1975 1st UK ed Hardcover DJ Fine SIGNED by Chris Bonington
By: Bonington, Chris, Martin Boysen, Alan Harkinson, Dougal Haston, Balwant Sandhu, Doug Scott
Price $125.00
~ Regular $135.00, You Save $10.00 (7%)
- Item # OP213A-128
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE UPPER ENGADINE J. Hardwicke Lewis and Spencer C. Musson 1907 1st ed Hardcover Near Fine
By: Lewis, J. Hardwicke (paintings) and Spencer C. Musson
Price $39.99
~ Regular $75.00, You Save $35.01 (47%)
- Item # OP3670-907
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
KATMANDU NG 45-1 US ARMY MAP SERVICE MAP (U-502) South Central Nepal Trekking Map Near Fine-Fine Multiple Copies Available
By: US Army Map U-502 NG 45-1
Price $4.95
~ Regular $15.00, You Save $10.05 (67%)
- Item # MP2127-1336
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CIRCLING THE SACRED MOUNTAIN: A SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE THROUGH THE HIMALAYAS Robert Thurman and Tad Wise 1999 Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Thurman, Robert and Tad Wise
Price $14.95
- Item # BK1554A
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
ALPINER HOCHLEISTUNGSTEST EINE INTERDISZIPLINARE STUDIE HEAUSGEGEBEN [ALPINE HIGH PERFORMANCE TEST: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY] G. Hartmann 1973 Hardcover No DJ Fine
By: Hartmann, G.
Price $4.99
~ Regular $20.00, You Save $15.01 (75%)
- Item # OP5433--559
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
THE CONQUEST OF THE NEW ZEALAND ALPS Samuel Turner 1922 1st UK ed Hardcover Near Fine 2 Copies Available
By: Turner, Samuel
Price $35.00
~ Regular $250.00, You Save $215.00 (86%)
- Item # OP2424A-622
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
HIGHPOINTS OF THE STATES Frank Ashley 1970 1st ed Softcover Fine Multiple copies available.
By: Ashley, Frank
Price $90.00
- Item # GB464-1362
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
VIERTAUSENDER: EIN BILDBUCH VON DER SCHONHEIT UNSERER ALPEN [FOUR-THOUSANDERS: A PICTURE BOOK ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF OUR ALPS] E.A. Heiniger 1942 1st ed Hardcover No DJ Fine
By: Heiniger, E. A.
Price $5.99
~ Regular $65.00, You Save $59.01 (91%)
- Item # OP4090A-113
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
MOUNTAIN SAFETY RESEARCH NEWSLETTER ISSUE 6 MAY 1972 Paper Handout Very Good
By: Penberthy, Larry, Mountain Safety Research
Price $14.99
~ Regular $35.00, You Save $20.01 (57%)
- Item # OP7278-186
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
TO THE UNTOUCHED MOUNTAIN: THE NEW ZEALAND CONQUEST OF MOLAMENQING, TIBET Warwick Anderson 1983 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Anderson, Warwick
Price $35.00
~ Regular $50.00, You Save $15.00 (30%)
- Item # OP682-128
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Ronald Crawford-Currie 1982 1st ed Hardcover DJ Fine
By: Crawford-Currie, Ronald
Price $4.99
- Item # OP5345-172
View Details
Add To Cart
Adding...
Added! Click To View Cart
å½ç‰©ãƒ–ランド
ブランドルイヴィトンコピー