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Author : Jon Fleming,Ronald Faux,Army Mountaineering Association (Great Britain),Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015047613511
Author : Hugh Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910240923
E.F. Norton lived a life of distinction in the declining years of the British Empire. Born into an accomplished, well-travelled family, he followed his heart and enlisted for a professional career as a soldier. A distinguished military career followed, punctuated with indulgences in his passion for exploration and mountaineering. The British Empire was starting to crumble, and Norton would be called upon more than once to rise to a variety of challenges. Norton¿s gift for leadership was first demonstrated via his rapid progression through the ranks in the First World War, which paved the way for future leadership appointments, having earned the confidence and respect of those under his command. Events in the Second World War followed suit, when Norton was abruptly assigned the post of acting governor of Hong Kong, entrusted to save the civilian population from imminent Japanese invasion. The 1924 Everest expedition exemplifies the pattern of having had leadership thrust upon him ¿ in this case when General Charles Bruce was struck down by malaria on the approach march. Leading from the front, Norton set an altitude record for climbing on Everest without supplementary oxygen ¿ a record only bettered in 1978 when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen. Yet tragedy would follow Norton¿s achievement, when George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared high on the mountain. In Norton of Everest, Hugh Norton has written sensitively and knowledgably about his father¿s remarkable life as mountaineer, soldier, naturalist, artist and family man. As on Everest, the real story is not the death of the gallant, but the heroics of the quiet survivors like E.F. Norton.
Author : C. G. Bruce
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547094951
"The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922" by Charles Granville Bruce is a 20th century book that is just as fascinating now as it was when it was first published. Mount Everest has captured people's attention for centuries, and this book taps into that fascination as if it were written yesterday and not a century ago.
Author : David Wiseman,Nick Harding
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472809148
David Wiseman was the first soldier on the scene of one of the most devastating attacks on British soldiers in Afghanistan, witnessing the horrific aftermath of an attack on unsuspecting troops by a rogue element of the Afghan police, which left five men dead and nine wounded, shaking the British forces in Helmand to the core. Only a few weeks later, and haunted by what he had experienced, David was once again fighting shoulder to shoulder with his Afghan allies, but this time would leave the battlefield with a Taliban bullet lodged deep in his chest, inches from his heart. Helmand to the Himalayas is the dramatic story of his journey in combat, his agonising battle with physical injuries and psychological demons and his life affirming recovery as part of a pioneering mountaineering team. An exhilarating memoir of his gritty tour of Afghanistan, it reveals the day-to-day hardships faced by soldiers in battle, the horrors and absurdities of the conflict and the overwhelming challenges and dangers that have faced British soldiers tasked with mentoring their Afghan allies. With staggering honesty, David reveals how frustration and chance eventually led him to find salvation, renewed purpose and a sense of pride on the slopes of Mount Everest with Walking With The Wounded and an unlikely band of wounded veterans.
Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472120199
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.
Author : Wade Davis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307700568
The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain’s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory’s generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis’s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.
Author : Brummie Stokes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 0340511176
Author : Gerhard Kümmel,Giuseppe Caforio,Christopher Dandeker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783531914091
It is an honor for us to introduce this collection of essays, which is dedicated to an old friend and colleague who is no longer with us. It is an honor, but also a pleasure because we feel like continuing a dialogue with Jürgen; one that has never broken down over the years, revisiting and recalling the diff- ent places and occasions where we met, discussed, collaborated and had fun. We, that is, Giuseppe Caforio, Christopher Dandeker and Gerhard Kümmel who have been friends and/or colleagues of and research collaborators with Jürgen and who represent three prominent institutions and organizations with which Jürgen worked, felt that this book is something we owe to Jürgen and we are grateful that many people who at different times and at different places had contact with Jürgen and his work were willing to contribute a chapter to this anthology. Most of Jürgen’s studies, professional work and research activities took place at the Bundeswehr Institute of Social Sciences (SOWI). Jürgen, born in 1938, had joined the Bundeswehr in 1957 and had already worked at the SOWI’s predecessor institution, the Scientific Institute for Education in the Armed Forces from 1971 onwards after having finished his university? st- ies. Since this institute was renamed SOWI in 1974, Jürgen belonged to the first generation of researchers that worked at the SOWI.
Author : Harold Earls, IV,Rachel Earls
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525653776
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ECPA BESTSELLER • The husband and wife behind the popular Earls Family Vlogs share their inspiring love story of how an expedition to climb Mount Everest deepened their faith, strengthened their commitment, and sharpened their vision to make a difference in the world. As a senior at West Point, Harold Earls dreamed of summiting Mount Everest after graduation and bringing awareness to the issue of PTSD in soldiers and veterans. But as a novice mountain climber and newlywed, could he really leave his wife, Rachel, on the other side of the world to pursue such a dangerous quest? After all, Rachel’s dream was to be a wife and mother. She knew that her husband’s audacious goal might lead to her to give up everything. A Higher Calling takes us on a beautiful journey through the ups and downs of their relationship, from their unlikely introduction and whirlwind romance to their fairy-tale wedding and the dreams they shared. Dreams that required tremendous sacrifice and faith—in each other and in God. As their dreams are realized, witness how Harold and Rachel used their powerful bond of love to overcome obstacles and learn that life is about doing versus having, serving versus getting, being versus wanting. A Higher Calling shows each of us that when God’s purpose and our passion meet, we can transcend any sacrifice we make on the mountains of adversity. And as we approach life with an attitude of thanksgiving, we realize that being joyful and living in love is worth it. Every time.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Military research
ISBN : UVA:X001765601
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Military research
ISBN : UIUC:30112101042379
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Military research
ISBN : IND:30000090170741
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : IND:30000090027404
Author : John Angelo Jackson
Publisher : Indus Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8173871752
Spans a period of sixty years of adventures in the Himalayan range.
Author : Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Medicine, Military
ISBN : UCAL:B4424977
