Chris Bonington

Chris Bonington

Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CBE (born 6 August 1934[1] in Hampstead, London) is a British mountaineer, someone who climbs mountains.

His has been to the Himalayas nineteen times.[2] Four of those times, he climbed Mount Everest. He was the first to climb of the south part of the mountain Annapurna.[3]

References

  1. "Legends Series: Chris Bonington » Explorersweb". 15 August 2019.
  2. The high life of Sir Chris Bonington. 5 October 2016. https://www.ft.com/content/d971465e-8971-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1. 
  3. Bonington, Sir Chris (May 2001). Annapurna South Face: The Classic Account of Survival. ISBN 9781560253150.