Treks undertaken at leisure through those wonderful mountain lands
Autograph Letter Signed
1957.
An autograph letter, signed to translator Malcolm Barnes in blue ink (approximately 200 words), on "BRITISH MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION, 1953" notepaper, crossed through with Hunt's current address, "Highway Cottage, Aston, Henley on Thames". Hunt discusses experiences of mountaineering "in Sikkim and Kashmir before the war. I realise that the ones I enjoyed most were not labeled as Expeditions at all; they were the treks undertaken at leisure through those wonderful mountain lands, meeting local folk, absorbing the atmosphere, being vividly aware of it all." He praises Norman Hardie's new book, describing it as "intensely interesting" and saying "it is such a relief... to have the stage for these adventures described discerningly and filled with people". A near fine letter, with a small pencil annotation to the top left corner.
A wonderful letter of reminiscence from John Hunt, the leader of the first successful British Mount Everest Expedition in 1953, discussing his early mountaineering experiences: the vivid atmosphere and interpersonal experiences which made his mountaineering expeditions enjoyable and which breathe life into contemporary literature on Mountaineering. Written to the translator for the English version of "Forerunners to Everest: the story of the two Swiss expeditions of 1952" (1954), for which Hunt wrote the preface.
Stock ID: 46003
