Kongur: China's Elusive Summit by Chris Bonington (1982) (SIGNED) Tuolumne Meadows

Kongur: China's Elusive Summit by Chris Bonington (1982) (SIGNED) Tuolumne MeadowsForeword by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh; Introduction by Michael Ward. This book describes a British expedition into the Xinjiang province of China, one of the very first western climbing expeditions to venture into these previously restricted areas of China. (Nowadays Xinjiang is once more restricted, at the center of a human rights controversy). The book describes a 1980 reconnaissance expedition, where the team had to learn the

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This book describes an unsuccessful 1972 attempt on the South West face of Everest

This copy is signed and inscribed on the title page in pencil: "Steve

a few b&w photographs throughout

This one features 24 pieces

In the author's own words: "En la década de 1980 la mayoría de la información sobre ascensiones en la Cordillera Blanca peruana se publicaba en idiomas distintos al castellano