Chris Bonington Mountaineer: A Lifetime of Climbing the Great Mountains of the World is a richly illustrated retrospective on the extraordinary climbing career of Sir Chris Bonington, one of Britain’s best-known mountaineers and expedition leaders.
 
The book brings together Bonington’s own photography and recollections from a lifetime spent on major peaks and expeditions around the world. It covers the great themes of his career: Himalayan expeditions, alpine climbing, expedition leadership, risk, endurance, friendship and the changing culture of mountaineering across the second half of the twentieth century.
 
Rather than being simply a conventional autobiography, the book works as a large-format visual history of mountaineering, combining dramatic mountain photography with personal commentary and reflections on important climbs and companions. It offers both an adventure narrative and a photographic record of some of the world’s most demanding mountain environments.
This revised and expanded edition includes a foreword by Leo Houlding and updates Bonington’s story for a new generation of climbing readers.
 
This copy has additional collector appeal because it is signed and inscribed by Chris Bonington on the title page: “For Danny, Chris Bonington”.
 
A strong book for collectors of mountaineering, exploration, adventure, signed books and mountain photography.