Travels with Tilman
Friday, 4 October 2019
- Time
- 17:30 - 20:00
- Venue
- Starcross Fishing And Cruising Club, Starcross, EX6 8PR
- Price
- £t
Bill Tilman's climbing and sailing achievements rank amongst the greatest in the fields of twentieth century mountaineering and high latitude sailing. By the time of his disappearance in the South Atlantic in 1977, he had left a legacy of some of the finest travel books ever written. Quoted as an inspiration by both Chris Bonington
and Robin Knox-Johnston, Tilman's books remain essential reading for those who embark on similar ventures.
Born in 1898, Tilman was a highly decorated military leader who survived the brutality of the Great War and volunteered for covert operations behind enemy lines leading Albanian partisans during the Second World War. Apart from this extraordinary wartime service, the rest of his life was spent climbing in and sailing to remote parts of the world, stopping only to write the fifteen books which document his travels.
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Venue
Starcross Fishing And Cruising Club
Brunel Tower
Starcross
EX6 8PR
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