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Chris Bonington, born at Hamstead London, England on August 6, 1934 in the beginning is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the Royal Tank Regiment worked on in 1956. He was stationed in northern Germany for three years and later became an instructor at the Army Outward Bound Mountaineering School for two years.

Here he successfully climb the Aiguille du Dru via Southwest pillar and recorded as the first Englishman to pass through this route in 1958. Three years later, he and Don Whillans, Ian Clough and Jan Dlugosz make the first ascent of Central Freney Pillar on the south side of Mont Blanc. During that Pilar is one of the hardest routes in the Alps. A year later he also climb the Eiger via the north side (North Face) and recorded as the first ascent was made by the British on that side.
His love of the mountains has made "defected" from the army in 1961 and joined the company in the Job Management Trainee Unilever to finance his life. But the profession is only lived for nine months until he finally realized that he could not combine the conventional career with his love of the mountains. He also chose to become a professional mountain climber and disuarakannya on his first book titled "I chose to Climb" (1966).
In his mountain climbing career, Bonington was known as a "hunter" peaks or routes - routes that are difficult virgin. It can be seen from a long list of achievements in various parts of the world. He is listed as the first to climb:
Central Tower Paine, Patagonia (with Don Whillans, 1961), Old Man of Hoy (with Patey and Bailey, 1966), Brammah (6411 m) Kashmir (with Estcourt, 1973), Changabang (6864) Garhwal Himalaya (with Don Whillans, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston, 1974), Ogre (7284 m) in 1975 (with Doug Scott), Kongur Mount (7700 m) in 1980 (with Peter Boardman, Rouse and Tasker), West Shivling Peak (6501m) Gangotri in 1983 (with Jim Fotheringham), Menlungtse West Peak (7023 m) in 1988, Rangrik Rang (6553 m) in Kinnaur Himalayas, northern India, Drangnag-Ri (6801 m) Flower and Turquoise Rolwaling Himal (6650m) in 1994, Danga II (6190m) Eastern Nepal (with his son Daniel, his brother Gerald and nephew, James, 2000), Three virgin peaks in the Expedition to South Greenland in 2000, Pimu Peak (5490m) in 2004.
For this, he asked the reason: "There is such a special interest in the top of the virgin; the knowledge that no one has ever set foot there before or enjoy true 360 ​​degree views from the top. There is also a simple purpose: to achieve peak power in the him. "

Bonington is also listed as one of the organizers of the best climbing in mountaineering history. He led several climbing such as:
Annapurna (south side) in 1970, Mount Everest (Southwest side) in 1972 and 1975, K2 (West Side) 1978, Mount Kongur 1980, Mount Everest (Northeast ridge) 1982, Menlungtse 1987 (a joint Norwegian - English) Menlungtse 1988 (joint British - American - Tibet), Climbing Leader, 'Greenland The Hard Way' Expedition in 1988, Panch Chuli II West ridge (6904m) in 1992 (Joint Leader with Harish Kapadia), Rangrik Rang (6553m) in 1994 (Joint Leader with Harish Kapadia) Cousins ​​Kangri (6800 m) also in 1994 (Joint British - Tibet).
Which is considered the most impressive ascent of a Bonington was when he organized an effort to peak through the south side of Annapurna in 1972 and the Southwest side of Everest in 1975. Both are very steep and technically have a high degree of difficulty. At that time, there has been no giant wall ever climb the Himalayas.
And toward the wall as high as 12,000 feet mean a big step up to the ignorance which in it there is a stretch of rock and snow above 24,000 feet altitude above sea level. But with the election of members of the team, setting up equipment, determining the strategy of ascent and good teamwork, the south side of Annapurna eventually be overcome.
Dougal Haston and Don Whillans reached the summit of Annapurna on May 27, 1970. While the Southwest side of Everest successfully passed in 1975 after a failure in 1972 due to bad weather. Doug Scott and Dougal Haston reached the peak on 24 September in an ascent that is described as "The Hard Way".
Although managed to organize some of ascent, the world's highest peak, Mount Everest in person can only be achieved by Bonington in 1985 when he reached 50 years! Success in the Southwest side of Everest as the leader of 10 years earlier, not an obstacle for him to be "just" as chief of staff of logistics and technical advisor to the Norwegian Everest Ekspedition.
Bonington actually learned a lot this time of ascent. Eighteen climbers reached the summit of Everest from three different directions. According to him, it can happen not only because of the planning and organization are very good, but too much influenced by the desire of every member of the expedition team to help each other and work together as a team