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LAND OF TEMPEST: TRAVELS IN PATAGONIA 1958-1962 Eric Shipton 1963 1st UK edition Hardcover DJ Fine
By Shipton, Eric
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London, 1963, 1st edition. 224 pp, 25 ills. One of Shipton's most sought after titles. His traverse of the Southern Ice-Cap of Patagonia. A record of four expeditions made in four successive summer seasons, done partly as travel-adventure, partly as mountain climbing, and partly as scientific investigation.
As well as establishing the existence of a hitherto disputed active volcano, the team also went mountaineering in the previously unclimbed peaks of Tierra del Fuego. Shipton gives us an intimate look at camping and climbing in Patagonia and was an experienced climber (six Everest parties, the leader of the Shaksgam expedition to Karakoram, as well as climbs in the Pamir, Tien Shan and Kuen Lun ranges). Hardcover with price clipped DJ Fine.
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