That Untravelled World

<p><em>‘It is often from our setbacks even our weaknesses that we derive some of our greatest blessings.’</em></p><p><em><strong>That Untravelled World</strong></em> is the autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers of the twentieth century. <strong>Eric Shipton</strong> was a pioneering explorer journeying to places that did not feature on maps and to unexplored mountains such as the <strong>High Dauphiné</strong>.</p><p>Shipton describes early childhood days filled with adventures; his first encounter with the high mountains on a visit to the <strong>Pyrenees</strong> and the onset of his climbing career inspired by travels in Norway with a friend. He reminisces on first meeting infamous explorer <strong>H.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman</strong> and their first expedition together to <strong>Mount Kenya</strong>. Tilman and Shipton were later to become one of the most famous climbing partnerships of all time.</p><p>Filled with anecdotes from different periods of his life Shipton takes us on his journey from <strong>Kilimanjaro</strong> and <strong>Mount Stanley</strong> alongside Tilman his discovery of the route to the <strong>Nanda Devi Sanctuary</strong> summiting <strong>Mount Kamet</strong> with mountaineering icon <strong>Frank Smythe</strong> and multiple expeditions to <strong>Everest</strong>.</p><p>First published in 1969 <em><strong>That Untravelled World</strong></em> is the story of an adventurer who inspired by <strong>Edward Whymper</strong> travelled to feral landscapes across the globe and has in turn inspired generations of climbers and mountaineers.</p>