Eric Earle Shipton, CBE (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977), was an English Himalayan mountaineer. Shipton was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1907 where...

despite decades of attempts, no one had been able to enter. In 1934 Eric Shipton, Bill Tilman and their three accomplished Sherpas succeeded in finding...

mountaineer Eric Shipton during his tenure as the British consul in Kashgar – and made known to the West in his book Mountains of Tartary. Shipton made unsuccessful...

Everest in 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a number of large prints in the snow, at about 6,000 m (20,000 ft) above sea level. Shipton took three photographs...

began in 1855, the first ascent was not made until 1931 by Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, R.L. Holdsworth, Dr Raymond Greene, the expedition's doctor, Bill Birnie...

outside world due to its inaccessibility. In 1931, Frank S. Smythe, Eric Shipton and R. L. Holdsworth, all British mountaineers, lost their way while...

bravery. His climbing career, however, began with his acquaintance with Eric Shipton in Kenya, East Africa, where they were both coffee growers. Beginning...

late December, January, February and March. Monte Shipton was first climbed in 1962 by Eric Shipton, E. Garcia, F. Vivanco and C. Marangunic. Mount Darwin...

of Tucson in David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest. The explorer Eric Shipton saw a Brocken Spectre during his first ascent of Nelion on Mount Kenya...

since. According to a tradition recorded by the English mountaineer Eric Shipton (1926), "many hundreds of years ago" one priest used to hold services...

difficult than reaching the North Pole.[1] In 1934, the British explorers Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman, with three Sherpa companions, Angtharkay, Pasang and...

Everest. Members of those teams included Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Eric Shipton and George Lowe. The first ascent of Mera Central was on May 20, 1953...

rancorous arguments involving the Mount Everest Committee in London, Eric Shipton was appointed leader following his successful trekking style of expedition...

p. 6. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Eric Shipton, Jim Perrin (1997). Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain-Travel Books. The Mountaineers Books...

plus Shipton’s poor leadership and planning resulted in his replacement as a leader for the 1953 expedition. The expedition members were Eric Shipton, Charles...

1957), English actress Eric Shipton (1907–1977), English mountaineer Geoff Shipton (born 1941), Australian swimmer George Shipton (1839–1911), British trade...

1926, 1927 and 1932 (Hugh Ruttledge) did not fetch fruitful results. Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman entered the inner sanctuary through Rishi Ganga in 1934...

the 1935 and 1938 expeditions were small and low-cost as preferred by Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman.[citation needed] These early campaigns helped overcome...

by Eric Shipton, before joining the successful British attempt of 1953. In 1952, Hillary and George Lowe were part of the British team led by Shipton, that...

reconnaissance expedition ran between 27 August 1951 and 21 November 1951 with Eric Shipton as leader. The expedition reconnoitred various possible routes for climbing...

attempt on Mount Everest the following year. The expedition was led by Eric Shipton and included Edmund Hillary, Tom Bourdillon and George Lowe. A foray...

January 1929, the first ascent of Nelion was made by Percy Wyn-Harris and Eric Shipton. They climbed the Normal Route, then descended to the Gate of Mists before...

first attempted in 1960, after a reconnaissance visit by famed explorer Eric Shipton in 1957. After a further unsuccessful attempt by a Japanese party in...

late July, giving the world the first news of Wilson's death. In 1935, Eric Shipton led a small reconnaissance expedition to Everest. They found Wilson's...

The fortunate weather and a moon alone ensured their return alive." Eric Shipton wrote "Theirs was an astounding achievement of courage and determination...

Tsiang (A.D. 629) by S. Beal. London: Trübner. p. 302. Eric Shipton, Jim Perrin (1997). Eric Shipton: The Six Mountain-Travel Books. The Mountaineers Books...

challenge of the Greater Ranges and Mount Everest. Bourdillon had been with Eric Shipton on the 1951 reconnaissance of Everest and on Cho Oyu in 1952. He was...

his first opportunity to join an Everest expedition at age 20, when Eric Shipton was assembling the 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition...

alleged yeti tracks taken by Himalayan mountaineers Michael Ward and Eric Shipton. Tschernezky concluded that the yeti walked like a human and was similar...

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