« Nous avions escaladé une montagne et traversé un col ; nous étions mouillés, froids, affamés, effrayés et heureux. Une saison de plus de l'Himalaya était terminée. Il était temps de commencer à penser à la suivante. « L'intensité est le chemin immortel, la paresse est la voie de la mort. »
Publié pour la première fois en 1946, la portée de H.W. « Bill » Tilman's When Men & Mountains Meet est large, couvrant son expédition désastreuse à l'Assam Himalaya, un petit voyage exploratoire dans le Sikkim, puis ses héroïques en temps de guerre.
Dans les années trente, l'Assam était largement inconnu et inexploré. Il s'est avéré un environnement difficile pour la fête de Tilman, la jungle laissant les hommes mordus de moustiques et souffrant de maladies tropicales, et contrecarrant leur succès en alpinisme. Sikkim s'est avéré plus réussi. Tilman, qui est à nouveau heureux et en bonne santé, aime l'escalade exploratoire sur glace et découvre des pistes abominables de bonhomme de neige, particulièrement remarquables car la créature semble porter des bottes - « Il n'y a aucune raison pour qu'il n'ait pas ramassé une paire jetée au camp de base allemand et les ait mises à leur usage évident ».
Et puis, en 1939, la guerre éclate. Avec de la bonne humeur et un euphémisme caractéristique, nous entendons parler de la remarquable Seconde Guerre mondiale de Tilman. Après avoir creusé des fosses d'armes à feu à la frontière belge et en Irak, il a été largué en parachute derrière les lignes ennemies pour combattre aux côtés des partisans albanais et italiens. Tilman a reçu l'Ordre du service distingué pour ses efforts et les clés de la ville de Belluno, qu'il a aidé à sauver de l'occupation et de la destruction.
Les commentaires de Tilman sur l'approche allemande de l'escalade himalayenne pourraient également être appliqués à son éthique de guérilla. « Ils ont passé beaucoup de temps et d'argent et ont perdu beaucoup d'alpinistes et de porteurs, à cause de la malchance et plus souvent à cause d'un mauvais jugement. » Alors qu'ailleurs, la machine de guerre grondait, la guerre de Tilman était rapide, excitante, légère et imprudente, et permet une lecture saisissante.
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Harold William ‘Bill’ Tilman (1898–1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else. Tilman joined the army at seventeen and was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery during WWI. After the war Tilman left for Africa, establishing himself as a coffee grower. He met Eric Shipton and began their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing Mount Kenya and climbing Kilimanjaro. Turning to the Himalaya, Tilman went on two Mount Everest expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of Nanda Devi – the highest mountain climbed until 1950. He was the first European to climb in the remote Assam Himalaya, he delved into Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor and he explored extensively in Nepal, all the while developing a mountaineering style characterised by its simplicity and emphasis on exploration. It was perhaps logical then that Tilman would eventually buy the pilot cutter Mischief – not with the intention of retiring from travelling, but to access remote mountains. For twenty-two years Tilman sailedMischief and her successors to Patagonia, where he crossed the vast ice cap, and to Baffin Island to make the first ascent of Mount Raleigh. He made trips to Greenland, Spitsbergen and the South Shetlands, before disappearing in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1977.
Simon Yates is an internationally acclaimed mountaineer, adventurer and author who first came to prominence in 1985 after the first ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes and the ensuing epic descent described in Joe Simpson’s book Touching the Void. In a prolific career spanning almost 30 years, Simon’s climbing adventures have taken him west to east, from Alaska to Australia; and from north to south, from the Canadian Arctic to the tip of South America. He has climbed with many of Britain’s leading mountaineers including Andy Cave, Mick Fowler, Andy Parkin, Paul Pritchard, Doug Scott, establishing many first ascents in the process. He is the author of two previous books: Against the Wall, and The Flame of Adventure, both released to critical acclaim and the former finishing as runner-up for the prestigious Boardman Tasker Prize. Simon lives in Cumbria with his wife, young son and daughter. When not writing and lecturing he runs his own expedition company, Mountain Dream.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of the next. 'Strenuousness is the immortal path, sloth is the way of death.' First published in 1946, 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 then his wartime heroics. In the thirties, Assam was largely unknown and unexplored. It proved a challenging environment for Tilman's party, the jungle leaving the men mosquito-bitten and suffering with tropical diseases, and thwarting their mountaineering success. Sikkim proved altogether more successful. Tilman, who is once again happy and healthy, enjoys some exploratory ice climbing and discovers Abominable Snowman tracks, particularly remarkable as the creature appeared to be wearing boots - 'there is no reason why he should not have picked up a discarded pair at the German Base Camp and put them to their obvious use.' And then, in 1939, war breaks out. With good humour and characteristic understatement we hear about Tilman's remarkable Second World War. After digging gun pits on the Belgian border and in Iraq, he was dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to fight alongside Albanian and Italian partisans. Tilman was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his efforts - and the keys to the city of Belluno, which he helped save from occupation and destruction. Tilman's comments on the German approach to Himalayan climbing could equally be applied to his guerrilla warfare ethos. 'They spent a lot of time and money and lost a lot of climbers and porters, through bad luck and more often through bad judgement.' While elsewhere the war machine rumbled on, Tilman's war was fast, exciting, lightweight and foolhardy - and makes for gripping reading. AUTHOR: Harold William 'Bill' Tilman (1898-1977) was among the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering mountaineer and sailor who held exploration above all else. Tilman joined the army at seventeen and was twice awarded the Military Cross for bravery during WWI. After the war Tilman left for Africa, establishing himself as a coffee grower. He met Eric Shipton and began their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing Mount Kenya and climbing Kilimanjaro. Turning to the Himalaya, Tilman went on two Mount Everest expeditions, reaching 27,000 feet without oxygen in 1938. In 1936 he made the first ascent of Nanda Devi-the highest mountain climbed until 1950. He was the first European to climb in the remote Assam Himalaya, he delved into Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor and he explored extensively in Nepal, all the while developing a mountaineering style characterised by its simplicity and emphasis on exploration. It was perhaps logical then that Tilman would eventually buy the pilot cutter Mischief-not with the intention of retiring from travelling, but to access remote mountains. For twenty-two years Tilman sailed Mischief and her successors to Patagonia, where he crossed the vast ice cap, and to Baffin Island to make the first ascent of Mount Raleigh. He made trips to Greenland, Spitsbergen and the South Shetlands, before disappearing in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1977. The scope of H.W. Bill Tilmans When Men & Mountains Meet is broad, covering his disastrous expedition to the Assam Himalaya, a small exploratory trip into Sikkim, and his wartime heroics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781909461222
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