List of Mountaineers, Rock Climbers and Writers

Beginning with the letter B.

Audrey Salkeld[P00590]

Mountaineering writer

DoB

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Publications

1988

"All 14 Eight-Thousanders". Reinhold Messner[P00345] Translated from the German “Uberlebt-alle 14 Achttausander” by Audrey Salkeld[P00590]. The Crowood Press 1993. (First Published by The Crowood Press 1988). ISBN10:1852231068, ISBN13:9781852231064.

2003

“Climbing Everest: tales of triumph and tragedy on the world’s highest mountain”. Audrey Salkeld[P00590]. National Geographical Society, 2003 (First published 2003) ISBN10:0792251059 ISBN13:9780792251057

Sandu[P03851]

DoB

DoD

Publications

“Changabang”. Chris Bonington[P00130] with Boysen[P01809], Hankinson[P03850], Haston[P00062], Sandu[P03851] and Scott[P00160]

Doug Scott[P00160] CBE.

British mountaineer

29-May-1941

Born

07-Dec-2020

Died at his home in Cumbria, England of cerebral lymphoma

Publications

“Changabang”. Chris Bonington[P00130] with Boysen[P01809], Hankinson[P03850], Haston[P00062], Sandu[P03851] and Scott[P00160]

Eric Earle Shipton[P00160] CBE.

English Himalayan mountaineer

01-Aug-1907

Born

28-Mar-1977

Died at his home in Cumbria, England of cerebral lymphoma

Publications

2013

“Shipton[P00597] and Tilman[P01320]: The Great Decade of Himalayan Exploration”. Jim Perrin[P01260]. Arrow Books 2014 (first published Hutchinson 2014). ISBN13:9780099505082

Joe Simpson[P00598]

13-Aug-1960

Born Kuala Lumpur

DoD

Publications

1988

“Touching the Void”. Joe Simpson[P00598]. Vintage 1997 (first published by Jonathan Cape 1988). ISBN10:0099771012, ISBN13:9780099771012

1993

“This Game of Ghosts”. Joe Simpson[P00598]. Vintage 2007 (first published Johnathan Cape Ltd. 1993) ISBN10:0099380110, ISBN13:9780099380115

1996

“Storms of Silence”. Joe Simpson[P00598]. Vintage 1997 (first published Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1996). ISBN10:0099578115, ISBN13:9780099578116

1996

“Storms of Silence”. Joe Simpson[P00598]. Vintage 1997 (first published Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1996). ISBN13:9780099578116

1997

“Dark Shadows Falling”. Joe Simpson[P00598]. Vantage 1997 (first published Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1997). ISBN10:0099756110, ISBN13:9780099756118

2002

“The Beckoning Silence”. Joe Simpson[P00598]. Vintage 2003 (first published Jonathan Cape Ltd. 2002) ISBN10:0099422433, ISBN13:9780099422433

2005

“The White Spider”. Heinrich Harrer[P00182]. Translated from the German by Hugh Merrick[P00559] with additional chapters by Heinrich Harrer[P00182] and Kurt Maix[P00328]. Introduction by Joe Simpson[P00598]. Harper Perennial, 2005 (First published by Rupert Hart-Davis 1959). ISBN10:0007197845, ISBN13:978000197842.

“The Water People”. Joe Simpson[P00598].

Janet Adam Smith[P03883]

Translator

DoB

27-Jun-1949

Died

Publications

1952

“Annapurna. Conquest of the First 8,000-metre Peak”. Maurice Herzog[P00268]. Translated from the French by Nea Morin[P01215] and Janet Adam Smith[P03883]. Triad Paladin Books 1986 (first published by Jonathan Cape 1952). ISBN10:0586085122, ISBN13:9780586085127.

1952

“Annapurna. Conquest of the First 8,000-metre Peak”. Maurice Herzog[P00268]. Translated from the French by Nea Morin[P01215] and Janet Adam Smith[P03883]. The Reprint Society 1954. (First published by Jonathan Cape 1952).

1952

“Annapurna. Conquest of the First 8,000-metre Peak”. Maurice Herzog[P00268]. Translated from the French by Nea Morin[P01215] and Janet Adam Smith[P03883]. Jonathan Cape 1953. (First published by Jonathan Cape 1952).

Frank (Francis) Sydney (FS) Smythe[P01308]

06-Jul-1900

Born

27-Jun-1949

Died

Publications

1929

“Climbs and Ski Runs”. FS Smythe[P01308]. William Blackwood and Sons 1933 (first published 1929).

1932

“Kamet Conquered”. FS Smythe[P01308]. Victor Gollancz 1933. (First published by Victor Gollancz 1932).

1933

“The Kangchenjunga Adventure”. FS Smythe[P01308]. Pilgrims Publishing 2000 (first published by Victor Gozzancz 1933) ISBN10:8177690051, ISBN13:9788177690057

Mirjam Steinmann[P03882]

DoB

DoD

Publications

1990

“The History of the Matterhorn”. Beat P Truffer[P03860]. Translated from “Die Geschichte des Matterhorns” by Mirjam Steinmann [P03882]. Aroleit-Verlag 2005 (first published by Aroleit-Verlag 1990). ISBN10:3905097184

Mark Synnott[P03857]

DoB

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Publications

2019

“The Impossible Climb. Alex Honnold[P01143], El Capitan and the Climbing Life”. Mark Synnott[P01308]. Allen and Unwin 2019 (first published Allen and Unwin 2019). ISBN13:9781760632724.