Chris Bonington

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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[change | change source]

  1. "Legends Series: Chris Bonington » Explorersweb". 15 August 2019.
  2. "The high life of Sir Chris Bonington". Financial Times. 5 October 2016.
  3. Bonington, Sir Chris (May 2001). Annapurna South Face: The Classic Account of Survival. ISBN 9781560253150.