Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington (2000) Germany

Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington (2000) GermanyThis massive volume from the Mountaineers brings together Sir Christian Bonington's three published memoirs in one volume. Bonington was a national hero to many climbers and non climbers in the UK, and was leader of most British expeditions to the Greater Ranges in the '70s and '80s a time when these guys were really pushing the boundaries. Many of Bonington's friends and peers died on these expeditions but he always made it home. Sometimes in

mostly b&w but with the occasional color photograph

black and white with 135 labeled route photographs at the back

23 numbered pages and nine blank pages for notes

one of the bad boys of British climbing in the 1950s

Original price tag on back ($12

Because a little self-reflection is good for us all

and all are second

or those who are seriously considering making a trip to one of the last true wildernesses on planet Earth

both traditional and bolted

this listing is an Almost-complete year

all four perished on the descent

2003 American Alpine Journal