Ygot Shainaly P.

BEED 2B

CHRIS BONINGTON
was born on August 6 1934 in Hampstead London England

Chris, the mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer, started climbing at the age of 16 in 1951. It
has been his passion ever since. He made the first British ascent of the North Wall 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 successful expedition making 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 is still active in the mountains climbing with the same enthusiasm as he had
at the beginning.

MOUNT EVEREST RECORD

Chris Bonington briefly became the oldest known person to summit Mount Everest in April 1985, at the
age of 50.[13] He was surpassed by Richard Bass (of Seven Summits fame), who summited later that same
season at 55 years old, five years older than Bonington. [13] The record was superseded by Ramon Blanco
of Venezuela in 1993 aged 60.[13]

Notable climbs
 1961 Central Pillar of Freney, Mont Blanc (First ascent) with Ian Clough, Don
Whillans and Jan Długosz
 1962 North Wall of the Eiger (First British ascent) with Ian Clough
 1963 Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia (First ascent) with Don Whillans[9]
 1965 Coronation Street, Cheddar Gorge (First ascent)
 1966 Old Man of Hoy (First ascent) with Tom Patey
 1973 Brammah (6411m) (First ascent) with Nick Estcourt
 1974 Changabang, Garhwal Himalaya (6864m) (First ascent) with Don Whillans, Doug
Scott and Dougal Haston
 1975 Southwest face of Mount Everest (8848m) [7]
 1977 Baintha Brakk (7285m) (First ascent) with Doug Scott
 1981 Kongur Tagh (7719m) (First ascent) with Joe Tasker, Al Rouse and Pete Boardman
 1983 West Summit of Shivling, Gangotri (6501m) (First Ascent)
 1983 Vinson Massif (4897m) (First British ascent – solo)
 1985 Mount Everest (8848m) as member of Norwegian Everest Expedition
 1987 Menlungtse (7181m) attempted FA of main peak via South Buttress, to 6100m; w/ Odd
Eliason, Bjorn Myrer-Lund, Torgeir Fosse, Helge Ringdal (all Norwegian) and Jim Fotheringham
(UK).[10]
 1988 Menlungtse West (7023m) FA via West Ridge, (expedition leader). Summit attained
by Andy Fanshawe and Alan Hinkes (both UK), with David Breashears and Steve Shea (both
USA) in support.[11]
 2014 The Old Man of Hoy (137m) to mark his 80th birthday and to raise funds for motor
neuron disease charities[12]

Expedition leader
 1970 Annapurna (south face), successful, summit reached by Dougal Haston and Don
Whillans; death of Ian Clough
 1972 Mount Everest, (south-west face), unsuccessful
 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition, successful, summit reached by
Doug Scott, Dougal Haston, Peter Boardman, Pertemba Sherpa and Mick Burke; death of Burke
 1978 K2 (west face), unsuccessful; death of Nick Estcourt
 1982 Mount Everest (north-east ridge), unsuccessful; death of Peter Boardman and Joe
Tasker
Although expedition leader, Bonington did not reach the summit of these peaks on these
expeditions