Books by Eric Shipton

Land of Tempest reveals Eric Shipton at his best - writing with enthusiasm and humour about his explorations in Patagonia in the 1950s and 1960s. It is essential reading for anyone who loves nature, mountains, climbing, adventure or simply the joy of discovering unknown places.

In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers, Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman, set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains. For Shipton and Tilman exploration was everything, with a summit a welcome bonus, and Blank on the Map is the book that best captures their spirit of adventure.

Nanda Devi is one of the most inaccessible mountains in the Himalaya. For fifty years had repeatedly tried and failed to reach the mountain. Then, in 1934, Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman found a way in. Their expedition is recounted in Shipton's Nanda Devi - one of the most inspirational travel books ever written.

Upon that Mountain is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, and his second Karakoram survey in 1939.

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance expedition led by Eric Shipton. Everest 1951 is Shipton's account of this expedition.

That Untravelled World is the autobiography of Eric Shipton, one of the greatest adventurers of the twentieth century. First published in 1969, it is the story of an adventurer who, inspired by Edward Whymper, travelled to feral landscapes across the globe, and has in turn inspired generations of climbers and mountaineers.

The area around the Indian mountain Nanda Devi is wild and isolated. This is a fascinating insight to the men who explored this region long before GPS and satellite photography, the men who climbed mountains with maps and theodolites in hand. Eric Shipton was one of a band of famous climbers and here presented is the lecture he gave on his return. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.