Sir Chris Bonington

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author expedition leader human mountaineer photographer

Sir Chris Bonington is a renowned British mountaineer and expedition leader celebrated for pioneering ascents in the Himalayas and other major ranges.

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Chris Bonington 53 2

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instanceOf author →
expedition leader →
human →
mountaineer →
photographer →
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire →
Knight Bachelor →
Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal →
surface form: Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society

Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award →
Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal →
birthName Sir Christian Bonington →
surface form: Christian John Storey Bonington
child Rupert Bonington →
climbed Annapurna →
Mount Everest →
surface form: Everest

The Eiger →
Old Man of Hoy →
surface form: The Old Man of Hoy
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth 1934-08-06 →
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst →
surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

University College School →
genre mountaineering literature →
hasWritten South Face of Annapurna →
surface form: Annapurna South Face

Everest the Hard Way →
I Chose to Climb →
Mountaineer: Thirty Years of Climbing on the World’s Great Peaks →
The Next Horizon →
honorificPrefix Sir →
knownFor Himalayan expeditions →
high-altitude mountaineering →
leading major climbing expeditions →
languageSpoken English →
ledExpeditionTo Annapurna →
Mount Everest →
surface form: Everest

Ogre (Baintha Brakk) →
militaryService Royal Tank Regiment →
name Sir Chris Bonington self-link →
surface form: Chris Bonington
nationality British →
notableAscent Central Tower of Paine →
South Face of Annapurna →
Southwest Face of Everest (as expedition leader) →
occupation mountaineer →
photographer →
public speaker →
writer →
placeOfBirth Hampstead →
London, England →
surface form: London
positionHeld Chancellor of Lancaster University →
President of the Alpine Club (UK) →
President of the British Mountaineering Council →
President of the Council for National Parks →
residence Cumbria →
Lake District →
spouse Wendy Bonington →

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Old Man of Hoy → firstAscentBy → Sir Chris Bonington →
this entity surface form: Chris Bonington
Lancaster University → formerChancellor → Sir Chris Bonington →
Sir Chris Bonington → name → Sir Chris Bonington self-link →
subject surface form: Chris Bonington
this entity surface form: Chris Bonington