Here biographer Peter Steele draws a full bodied portrait of the self effacing explorer with new information about his public and private lives. He gives for the 1st time, the full story behind Shiptons shocking exclusion from the 1953 British expedition to Everest, a controversy that reverberated through the climbing world long after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay successfully reached the summit. Steele, an acquaintance of Shipton for many years, draws upon scores of personal interviews as well as Shiptons own correspondence. Here is a biography which does justice to the enigmatic figure Eric Shipton, who is still the role model for post war expedition.
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