The Next Horizon

Born in 1934, Chris Bonington – mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer - started climbing at the age of sixteen in 1951. It has been his passion ever since. He made the first British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger and led the expedition that made the first ascent of the South Face of Annapurna, the biggest and most difficult climb in the Himalaya at the time. He went on to lead the expedition that made the first ascent of the South West Face of Everest in 1975 and then reached the summit of Everest himself in 1985 with a Norwegian expedition. He has written seventeen books, fronted numerous television programmes and has lectured to the public and corporate audiences all over the world. He received a knighthood in 1996 for services to mountaineering, was president of the Council for National Parks for eight years, and is the Non Executive Chairman of Berghaus and a Chancellor of Lancaster University.

1- Chilean Expedition, 2- Christmas in Patagonia, 3- The Central Tower of Paine, 4- Woodland, 5- Alpine Summer, 6- Home Ground, 7- Hogmanay, 8- Tele-Climbing at Cheddar, 9- Rassemblement International, 10- The Right-hand Pillar of Brouillard, 11- Eiger Direct: Preparations, 12- Eiger Direct: The Climb, 13- Eiger Direct: The Summit, 14- Sangay from the East, 15- Sangay from the West, 16- The Old Man of Hoy, 17- Eskimoes, 18- The Valley of the Hunza, 19- The Blue Nile, 20- Annapurna: Preparation, 21- Annapurna: The Climb, 22- What Next?