by Chris Bonington · Hodder & Stoughton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340417003
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«Quest for Adventure» is the adventure and exploration book by Chris Bonington, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback (348 pages, in English).
Chris Bonington, veteran mountaineer, brings together seventeen real episodes of twentieth-century exploration, from Everest and Annapurna to the Kon-Tiki expedition, the round-the-world balloon flight and the descents of the Blue Nile, combining accounts of success and tragedy with portraits of the protagonists and the techniques of adventure.
Quest for Adventure includes an index and bibliography (pages 340-341), plus over 125 photographs, illustrations and maps.
For lovers of the history of exploration, mountaineering and accounts of travel and real adventure.
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Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL is a British mountaineer whose career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest.
