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Preface; Foreword by Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE; Chapter 1 The Persian Expedition; Chapter 2 At the Crossroads; Chapter 3 Snow on the Equator I: Mount Kenya; Chapter 4 Olympian Heights: Greece and Anatolia; Chapter 5 Snow on the Equator II: Mount Kenya and Ruwenzori; Chapter 6 Kurdish Hakkiari; Chapter 7 Antipodean Ventures I; Chapter 8 Mixed Fortunes; Chapter 9 Mountains of Paradise; Chapter 10 End of an Era; Chapter 11 'Ski mountaineering is mountaineering'; Chapter 12 Antipodean Ventures II; Chapter 13 The Taurus; Chapter 14 The Pontic Alps; Chapter 15 Mediterranean Snow to Arctic Ice; Chapter 16 Hellas Rears its Mountains; Chapter 17 Alpine Envoi; Chapter 18 Treks Far and Wide; Bibliography; Index.
John Harding was born in 1934 and educated at Stowe and Trinity College, Cambridge. He did his National Service with the Welsh Guards and from 1960 to 1965 served as an administrator and political officer in Aden and the Aden Protectorate. After a spell working in an Australian university, he returned to England to qualify as a solicitor to follow a full-time legal career with City law firm Norton Rose. A former vice president of the Alpine Club and president of both the Alpine and Eagle ski clubs, he has written and lectured extensively about mountain adventure. His book Pyrenean High Route, an account of the first British ski traverse of the Pyrenees, was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, while his Roads to Nowhere, recording his service in South Arabia, was described in Asian Affairs as a ‘classic’. John and his wife Georgina live on the Gower Peninsula and have three daughters and ten grandchildren.
The book is a fantastic reminder that you can have great adventures
without being a top flight, up to the moment
Tiger. – Stevie Haston Harding’s numerous
achievements, and the fact that he still alive to tell the tale,
are proof that much can be attained through determination, some
degree of prudence and an open mind. Not only is this book a good
read for anyone interested in mountains, Harding's knowledge of the
history and culture of the places he visits, so eloquently woven
into the narrative, brings a dimension to mountain adventure that
will appeal to a wider audience than the
mountaineer. – Adele Long, editor of the Alpine Club
newsletter Whether you’re an armchair adventurer, a ski
mountaineer, or a travel fanatic you need to read Distant Snows.
All 18 chapters will inspire you to get outside, explore the
mountains, and chase your dreams. Add this one to your book shelf
of mountaineering novels. – Derek Lennon, A Mountain
Journey I think this book will become a classic of its genre,
a life story packed with interest, adventure and
history. – Dennis Gray
With over 300 pages packed with stories from all the corners
of the earth Harding truly has had an insatiable thirst for travel
and exploration. – Nick Carter, Alpha Mountaineering
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