Sea, Ice and Rock (Hardcover)

by Chris Bonington (Author), Robin Knox-Johnston (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
A renowned mountaineer learns to sail and a world-famous sailor learns to climb in this splendid collaboration by the two British adventurers. Meeting on a TV show, climber Bonington (The Everest Years ) agreed to sailor Knox-Johnston's suggestion that they share their skills. Following the course of famous sailing mountaineer H. W. Tilman, they set out from England in Knox-Johnston's ketch Suhaili for Greenland's east coast. A brutal 40-mile trek inland took them to their next goal, the Cathedral, an unscaled 7800-foot peak. After nearly 25 hours of climbing, the pair gave up; Bonington and another companion stayed for a futile second attempt that led to a hair-raising descent. Back on Suhaili , the party encountered adverse winds off Iceland that delayed them for more than a week. In this engaging account of camaraderie and of a grand escapade, Bonington seems to have taken to sailing better than Knox-Johnston ( Columbus Venture ) to climbing. Photos.
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Product Description
An account of the Greenland expedition undertaken by Bonnington and Knox-Johnston. Travelling in the famous wooden yacht "Suhaili", they pooled their mountaineering and sailing skills to navigate to, and then climb, the peaks of the uninhabited, ice-bound East Greenland coast. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 143 pages
• Publisher: Sheridan House (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0924486481
• ISBN-13: 978-0924486487
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,743,899 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)