
Quest into the Unknown
Tony Howard
Highly Commended, Outdoor Book category, Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence
We are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard’s quest for adventure.
Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, ‘One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers’. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used worldwide by most climbers. He founded the company Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown is his story.
Tony has dedicated his life to travelling the world in search of unclimbed rock faces and remote trekking adventures. The scale of his travels is vast: he has visited all of the North African countries, much of the Arab land of the Middle East, the mountainous regions of Scandinavia, Canada and the rocky spine of the Americas, the Himalaya, remote Indian provinces, South East Asia, Madagascar, South Georgia and Antarctica. This book, the last word in adventure travel, takes the reader from Tony’s youth spent developing the crags of the English Peak District, via whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, thousand-mile canoe trips in the Canadian Arctic, living amongst the Bedouin in the rocky mountains of Jordan, to the isolated opium tribes of Thailand.
Tony Howard’s Quest into the Unknown is the jaw-dropping account of a life of adventure that is the very definition of true exploration.
Duration - 18h 2m.
Author - Tony Howard.
Narrator - Saethon Williams.
Published Date - Sunday, 12 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2019 Vertebrate Publishing ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Highly Commended, Outdoor Book category, Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence We are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard’s quest for adventure. Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, ‘One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers’. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used worldwide by most climbers. He founded the company Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown is his story. Tony has dedicated his life to travelling the world in search of unclimbed rock faces and remote trekking adventures. The scale of his travels is vast: he has visited all of the North African countries, much of the Arab land of the Middle East, the mountainous regions of Scandinavia, Canada and the rocky spine of the Americas, the Himalaya, remote Indian provinces, South East Asia, Madagascar, South Georgia and Antarctica. This book, the last word in adventure travel, takes the reader from Tony’s youth spent developing the crags of the English Peak District, via whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, thousand-mile canoe trips in the Canadian Arctic, living amongst the Bedouin in the rocky mountains of Jordan, to the isolated opium tribes of Thailand. Tony Howard’s Quest into the Unknown is the jaw-dropping account of a life of adventure that is the very definition of true exploration. Duration - 18h 2m. Author - Tony Howard. Narrator - Saethon Williams. Published Date - Sunday, 12 January 2025. Copyright - © 2019 Vertebrate Publishing ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Dedication
Duración:00:00:25
Precis
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Part 1 – Chapter 1: Early Days Part 1
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Chapter 2: Early Days Part 2
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Chapter 3: Early Days Part 3
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Chapter 4: Teenage Kicks Part 1
Duración:00:10:42
Chapter 5: Teenage Kicks Part 2
Duración:00:06:58
Chapter 6: The Rimmon
Duración:00:11:35
Chapter 7: Whaling Days – South Georgia Bound
Duración:00:11:25
Chapter 8: Whaling Days – Antarctic Adventures
Duración:00:05:56
Chapter 9: Keep on Rockin'
Duración:00:26:52
Chapter 10: Winter Wanderings
Duración:00:11:45
Chapter 11: Norway – Arctic Adventures
Duración:00:03:46
Chapter 12: Jobs on the Rocks
Duración:00:11:43
Chapter 13: Dolomite Days
Duración:00:12:19
Chapter 14: Moroccan Mountains
Duración:00:16:20
Chapter 15: Norway – the Troll Wall and Other Escapades
Duración:00:16:50
Chapter 16: Life on the Ocean Wave
Duración:00:09:35
Chapter 17: Norway – the Romsdal Years
Duración:00:30:22
Chapter 18: The Times They Are A-Changing
Duración:00:05:37
Chapter 19: On the Road Again
Duración:00:04:29
Chapter 20: Canada – Yukon Yarns
Duración:00:11:30
Chapter 21: Canada – 'The Trail of '98'
Duración:00:27:48
Chapter 22: Homeward Bound
Duración:00:10:39
Chapter 23: Back Home
Duración:00:12:38
Chapter 24: Greenland
Duración:00:21:18
Chapter 25: Life at Troll
Duración:00:05:30
Chapter 26: Persian Perambulations
Duración:00:27:33
Chapter 27: And Then There Were Two
Duración:00:02:53
Chapter 28: Atakor Adventures
Duración:00:20:10
Chapter 29: Meanwhile, Back at Work ...
Duración:00:19:13
Chapter 30: Spanish Rock
Duración:00:06:51
Chapter 31: Morocco – Here Comes the Sun
Duración:00:21:10
Chapter 32: Alpine Adventures
Duración:00:11:30
Chapter 33: All Change ...
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Chapter 34: Hard Rock Days
Duración:00:07:45
Chapter 35: Sudan Saga – Kassala Mountains
Duración:00:22:25
Chapter 36: Sudan Saga – Ticket to Ride
Duración:00:39:16
Part 2 – Chapter 37: Exploring Jordan – Wadi Rum Discovery
Duración:00:23:32
Chapter 38: Exploring Jordan – Wadi Rum Discovery
Duración:00:29:06
Chapter 39: Exploring Jordan – Rum Rock
Duración:00:21:03
Chapter 40: Exploring Jordan – Beyond Petra
Duración:00:17:20
Chapter 41: Exploring Jordan – More Rum Goings On
Duración:00:26:51
Chapter 42: Exploring Jordan – Bedouin Rock
Duración:00:23:39
Chapter 43: Travels in Thailand
Duración:00:13:50
Chapter 44: Oman Odyssey – A Surprise Christmas
Duración:00:24:35
Chapter 45: Oman Odyssey – Musandam to Dhofar
Duración:00:19:17
Chapter 46: Exploring Egypt – Sinai and the Red Sea Mountains
Duración:00:21:42
Chapter 47: Exploring Egypt – Some You Win, and Some You Lose
Duración:00:04:55
Chapter 48: Incredible India – the Western Ghats and Beyond
Duración:00:20:52
Chapter 49: Incredible India – Ladakh and Beyond
Duración:00:19:25
Chapter 50: Exploring Ethiopia – the Roof of Africa
Duración:00:23:48
Chapter 51: A Libyan Invitation
Duración:00:24:55
Chapter 52: Middle Eastern Meanderings
Duración:00:04:23
Chapter 53: Exploring Jordan – the Lowest Adventures on Earth
Duración:00:25:21
Chapter 54: Madagascar – Mystical Mountains
Duración:00:21:08
Chapter 55: Welcome to Palestine
Duración:00:25:15
Chapter 56: Exploring Egypt – If At First You Don't Succeed
Duración:00:15:59
Chapter 57: Exploring Egypt – Nubian Themes
Duración:00:13:08
Chapter 58: Incredible India – the North-east Frontier
Duración:00:16:46
Chapter 59: Incredible India – Saramati Surprise
Duración:00:09:45
Chapter 60: Palestine – Is There Anybody Out There?
Duración:00:13:49
Chapter 61: Exploring Jordan – the Knife Canyon
Duración:00:11:42
Chapter 62: Mali – Mountains, Magic and Music
Duración:00:21:49
Chapter 63: Exploring Jordan – New Discoveries
Duración:00:14:16
Chapter 64: Exploring Jordan – the Jordan Trail
Duración:00:10:06
Chapter 65: Incredible India – A Walk on the Wild Side
Duración:00:11:48
Chapter 66: Exploring Jordan – Back on the Trail
Duración:00:17:27
Chapter 67: Memory Lane
Duración:00:06:20
Chapter 68: The End of the Trail
Duración:00:16:52
Postscript
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Acknowledgements
Duración:00:01:57
Closing Credits
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