Bill Tilman
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Major Harold William Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC and Bar, was an English soldier, mountaineer and explorer, renowned for his Himalayan climbs and sailing voyages.
Bill Tilman by Sandy Lee
Shipton-Tilman 1934 Nanda Devi Sanctuary expedition. "Hauling loads below 'Pisgah'" buttress in the Rishi Ganga gorge
Smith Island is 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, lying 49 miles west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. It is separated from Snow Island by the 25-mil
Bill Tilman
…his last voyage in 1977, in his eightieth year, Tilman was invited to ship as crew in En Avant with mountaineers sailing to the South Atlantic to climb Smith Island. The expedition was led, and the boat skippered, by the youthful Simon Richardson. He and his crew aboard the old, converted steel tug made it successfully…
Smith island with Imeon Range in the background
A southeast view of Smith Island from Osmar Strait