Blank on the Map
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Blank on the Map

Pioneering exploration in the Shaksgam valley and Karakoram mountains

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  2. English
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Blank on the Map

Pioneering exploration in the Shaksgam valley and Karakoram mountains

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About This Book

'As I studied the maps, one thing about them captured my imagination - Across this blank space was written one challenging word, "Unexplored"'

In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains. With a team of surveyors and Sherpas, Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman located and mapped the land around K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. It was their greatest venture, and one that paved the way for all future mountaineering in that area of the Himalaya. 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.

With an observant eye and keen sense of humour, Shipton tells how the expedition entered the unknown Shaksgam mountains, crossing impenetrable gorges, huge rivers and endless snow fields. There's a very human element to in Shipton's dealings with his Sherpa friends, and with his Balti porters, some of whom were helpful, while some were less so. The expedition uncovers traces of ancient cultures and visits vibrant modern civilisations living during the last days of the British Empire. Only when all supplies are exhausted, their clothes in tatters and all equipment lost do the men finally return home. A mountain exploration classic.

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Publisher
Vertebrate Digital
Year
2014
ISBN
9781910240236
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Shipton’s Legacy for Mountaineers, by Hugh Ruttledge
  3. Eric Shipton, by Jim Perrin
  4. Foreword, by T. G. Longstaf
  5. Chapter 1: How an Expedition Begins
  6. Chapter 2: Of the Real Value of Climbing
  7. Chapter 3: Sherpas and Sahibs
  8. Chapter 4: Local Colour
  9. Chapter 5: The Passes of the Great Karakoram
  10. Chapter 6: Trouble with the ‘Hungry Hundred’
  11. Chapter 7: Mutiny on the Hanging Glacier
  12. Chapter 8: Loads across the Watershed
  13. Chapter 9: Finding the Aghil Pass
  14. Chapter 10: Finding the Zug Shaksgam River
  15. Chapter 11: In Unexplored Zug Shaksgam
  16. Chapter 12: K2
  17. Chapter 13: The Crevasse Glacier
  18. Chapter 14: Survey and Adventures
  19. Chapter 15: Panmah Journey, by J. B. Auden
  20. Chapter 16: Legends, by H. W. Tilman
  21. Chapter 17: Which Way Out?
  22. Chapter 18: Conversation Piece
  23. Chapter 19: Marching Back
  24. Chapter 20: How an Expedition Ends