Sir Chris Bonington is a
household name as a result of his distinguished mountaineering career
during which he has lead pioneering expeditions to the summits of some
of the most stunning mountains in the world. The Everest Years shares the story of his relationship with the highest and most sought-after peak on the planet, Everest, and his ultimate fulfilment upon finally summiting in 1985 at age fifty.

Bonington
chronicles four expeditions to the Himalaya and Everest, including the
1975 South-West Face expedition on which he was leader and on which Doug
Scott and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to summit the
mountain. Bonington also recounts expeditions to K2 and The Ogre (Baintha Brakk) in the Karakoram, and Kongur,
in China, describing passionately each attempt: the logistics, glory,
and tragedy, seeking to explain his perpetual fascination with the
highest points on earth, despite repeatedly enduring the trauma of
losing friends, and often placing huge responsibility upon anxious loved
ones left at home.

The Everest Years
reveals Bonington’s love and appreciation for his ever-supportive wife
Wendy, the loyal Sherpas, the companions sharing his mountain memories
including Doug Scott, Dougal Haston, Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker and Mo Anthoine, and of course the glorious peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges. Following I Chose to Climb and The Next Horizon,
this final instalment of Bonington’s autobiography will take you
through a huge spectrum of brutally honest emotions and majestic
landscapes.