Himalayan climber

It places Scott in the front rank as one of the world's most innovative Himalayan climbers.

Himalayan Climber provides a comprehensive photographic portrait of his remarkable climbing career.

He is the most successful Croatian Himalayan climber.

Inevitably, Himalayan climbers need a tough, self-preserving streak in their construction and Andy is no exception.

Himalayan Climber

Although Sustad has the reputation of a formidable Himalayan climber, it's obvious that these big-wall climbs mean a lot to him.

Lord Leighton's idea of "a few basic necessities" turned out to resemble the equipment of a Himalayan climber.

The loss of an experienced Himalayan climber like Mr. Sharp, on his third attempt to reach the summit, is proof of that.

Scott, Doug (1992) Himalayan Climber, London: Diadem Books.

'Every Himalayan climber I know is selfish in one way or another, and most Himalayan climbers seem to get divorced,' he says.

In addition they were worn by Arctic and Antarctic explorers, Himalayan climbers, the armed services, and police forces in Britain and Canada.

Mr Barry, 47, an experienced Himalayan climber and former Royal Marine, stayed at Camp Four with Mr Taylor.

Doug Scott, Himalayan Climber is published by Diadem books,Climber & Hill Walker readers can take advantage of an offer to obtain the book.

Doug Scott, Himalayan Climber: A Lifetime's Quest to the World's Greater Ranges, ISBN 1-898573-16-6

He grew up among Himalayan climbers; his father, Nima Tenzing Sherpa, was a climber with expeditions led by British mountaineer Chris Bonington in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1985 Nazir lured his old time friend and one of the most accomplished Himalayan Climbers Doug Scott and his team to go on the same route of Nanga Parbat.

Fischer told me that he thought Lopsang had the potential to be "the second coming of Reinhold Messner"-the famous Tyrolean alpinist who is far and away the greatest Himalayan climber of all time.

In 1993, Mike Groom's partner-Lopsang Tshering Bhutia, a skilled Himalayan climber who was a nephew of Tenzing Norgay's-had taken a wrong turn in this area and fallen to his death.

DOUG SCOTT Himalayan climber DEATH OF AN ENGLISH WALKER A tragedy that could have been prevented?

Besides Mr. Anderson and Mr. Smith, the expedition's summit assault team will include two other Americans, Paul Teare and Ed Webster, and Peter Hillary, the 31-year-old son of Sir Edmund, who is himself an experienced Himalayan climber.

You won't find tea bags here, but authentic loose teas from all over the world - some 25 varieties, including rare and special ones like Banarashi, from India, spiked with cardamom and vanilla, and Sherpa, reputedly a Himalayan climbers' blend - all carefully brewed and served in their own little glass pots.