Eric shipton yeti
Shipton was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in where his father, a tea planter, died before he was three years old.
Eric shipton biography
Eric Shipton, probably the world’s most distinguished explorer of mountain regions, died at Ansty Manor, near Salisbury, England, March 28, A gentle, kindly man, with a philosophical turn of mind, Eric had a lifelong enthusiasm for travelling, exploring and climbing in little known .
Frank smythe
Eric Shipton's adventures in the mountains are virtually incomparable.
How the whim of Eric Shipton shaped the history of Everest
Peter Steele brings Eric Shipton to life in this biography, beginning with his farming days in Kenya and ending with the climber's strenuous last journeys in Patagonia.