The Next Horizon

<p><em><strong>The Next Horizon</strong></em> the second volume in <strong>Chris Bonington's</strong> autobiography after <em><strong>I Chose to Climb</strong></em> picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer photographer journalist and expedition leader alongside eminent climbers including <strong>Doug Scott</strong> and <strong>Don Whillans</strong> throughout an extraordinary decade of adversity thrill and discovery.</p><p>The book opens with a journey to Chile to climb the <strong>Central Tower of Paine</strong>. <strong>Bonington</strong> then recounts his ascents across the globe; from the <strong>Old Man of Hoy</strong> in Scotland the <strong>Eiger</strong> in Switzerland to <strong>Sangay</strong> in Ecuador to name but a few. He concludes in the summer of 1972 with preparations for his ambitious autumn <strong>Everest</strong> expedition.</p><p>This revealing narrative of <strong>Chris Bonington's</strong> experiences provides an insight into the charismatic generation of climbing personalities with whom he travelled as well as his development into the celebrity we know today.</p>