Two Mountains and a River : I made a resolve not to begin climbing until assured by a plague of flies that summer had really come

H.W. Tilman's Two Mountains and a River picks up where Mount Everest 1938 left off. In this instalment of adventures, Tilman and two Swiss mountaineers set off for the Gilgit region of the Himalaya with the formidable objective of an attempt on the giant Rakaposhi (25,550 feet). However, this project was not to be fulfilled.

Not one to be dispirited, Tilman and his various accomplices—including pioneering mountaineer and regular partner Eric Shipton—continue to trek and climb in locations across China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other areas of Asia, including the Kukuay Glacier, Muztagh Ata, the source of the Oxus river, and Ishkashim, where the author was arrested on suspicion of being a spy …

Two Mountains and a River brims with the definitive Tilman qualities— detailed observations and ever-present humour—that convey a strong appreciation of the adventures and mishaps he experiences along the way. With a new foreword from prominent trekker, climber and lecturer, Gerda Pauler, this classic mountaineering text maintains Tilman's name as a unique and inquisitive explorer and raconteur.

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Triumph and Tribulation : No ship should be without Tabasco sauce

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Nepal Himalaya : The most mountainous of a singularly mountainous country.

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Ice with Everything : In climbing mountains or sailing the seas one often has to settle for less than one hoped.

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China to Chitral : Mountains are the beginning and end of all scenery

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In Mischief's Wake : In the joy of the actors lies the sense of any action. That is the explanation, that the excuse.

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Mischief goes South : Every herring should hang by its own tail

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Mostly Mischief : Including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level

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Mount Everest 1938 : Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction

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When Men & Mountains Meet : Like the desire for drink or drugs, the craving for mountains is not easily overcome

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Mischief in Greenland : Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains

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The Ascent of Nanda Devi : I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it

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Snow on the Equator : Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey

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Mischief in Patagonia : An intolerable deal of sea, one halfpennyworth of mountain

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The Ascent of Nanda Devi : I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it

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Mischief among the Penguins : Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.

H.W. Tilman

When Men & Mountains Meet : Like the desire for drink or drugs, the craving for mountains is not easily overcome

H.W. Tilman

Mischief in Greenland : Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains

H.W. Tilman

Mount Everest 1938 : Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction

H.W. Tilman

Mostly Mischief : Including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level

H.W. Tilman

Mischief goes South : Every herring should hang by its own tail

H.W. Tilman

China to Chitral : Mountains are the beginning and end of all scenery

H.W. Tilman

In Mischief's Wake : In the joy of the actors lies the sense of any action. That is the explanation, that the excuse.

H.W. Tilman