A collection of personal writing and broadcasts. Keane covers his family and the birth of his son, and his experiences in Africa and Asia. These include the end of apartheid, the genocide in Rwanda, and interviews with the Burmese opposition … Continue reading →
Accounts from his unpublished diaries of his travels through SW Asia (present-day Pakistan, Afghanistan) in the 1950’s. Includes many black & white photographs.
Continue reading →Policeman Aurelio Zen mixes with the mafia in Sicily.
Continue reading →Despite the quote from Chris Bonington on the front cover – “a wonderful, gritty expedition book” – Summit Fever is a very different expedition book. Successfully different, and an excellent read. Joe Simpson introduces the book – In Summit Fever, … Continue reading →
This is a mountaineering book that not only has great photos but is also enjoyable to read. It starts off with a nice little spat – competing forewords from Dick "I did the seven first" Bass and Pat "But I … Continue reading →
Introduction A year after our first experience of alpine mountaineering (see trip report) Chris and I returned to the Valais Alps to climb some easy-ish peaks on own without a guide. Udai joined us for the first two days before … Continue reading →
Yes, it’s the John Muir. Not great literature, but worth a quick skip-read it for its curiosity value.
Continue reading →A well-researched account of St Kilda first published in 1972 covering what is known of the history of the island and its inhabitants up to the evacuation in 1930. Good bibliography, including more up-to-date material.
Continue reading →The book describes the experiences of an exceptional English woman travelling alone in the Rocky Mountains in 1873. This was the time before Colorado became a State of the Union, and life was mostly hard and brutish. Isabella Bird happily … Continue reading →
Most of this book is a biography of George Mallory, followed by a short account of the expeditions after his death in 1924 which throw significant light on his and Irvine’s fate. Only the last few chapters relate the events … Continue reading →