The Next Horizon,
the second volume in
Chris Bonington's
autobiography after
I Chose to Climb
, picks up his story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer, photographer, journalist and expedition leader alongside eminent climbers including
Doug Scott
and
Don Whillans
, throughout an extraordinary decade of adversity, thrill and discovery.
The book opens with a journey to Chile to climb the
Central Tower of Paine
. Bonington then recounts his ascents across the globe; from the
Old Man of Hoy
in Scotland, the
Eiger
in Switzerland, to
Sangay
in Ecuador to name but a few. He concludes in the summer of 1972 with preparations for his ambitious autumn
Everest
expedition.
This revealing narrative of Chris Bonington's experiences provides an insight into the charismatic generation of climbing personalities with whom he travelled, as well as his development into the celebrity we know today.