
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
Duration:00:00:13
Dedication
Duration:00:00:25
Precis
Duration:00:05:19
Part 1 – Chapter 1: Early Days Part 1
Duration:00:13:25
Chapter 2: Early Days Part 2
Duration:00:10:53
Chapter 3: Early Days Part 3
Duration:00:04:16
Chapter 4: Teenage Kicks Part 1
Duration:00:10:42
Chapter 5: Teenage Kicks Part 2
Duration:00:06:58
Chapter 6: The Rimmon
Duration:00:11:35
Chapter 7: Whaling Days – South Georgia Bound
Duration:00:11:25
Chapter 8: Whaling Days – Antarctic Adventures
Duration:00:05:56
Chapter 9: Keep on Rockin'
Duration:00:26:52
Chapter 10: Winter Wanderings
Duration:00:11:45
Chapter 11: Norway – Arctic Adventures
Duration:00:03:46
Chapter 12: Jobs on the Rocks
Duration:00:11:43
Chapter 13: Dolomite Days
Duration:00:12:19
Chapter 14: Moroccan Mountains
Duration:00:16:20
Chapter 15: Norway – the Troll Wall and Other Escapades
Duration:00:16:50
Chapter 16: Life on the Ocean Wave
Duration:00:09:35
Chapter 17: Norway – the Romsdal Years
Duration:00:30:22
Chapter 18: The Times They Are A-Changing
Duration:00:05:37
Chapter 19: On the Road Again
Duration:00:04:29
Chapter 20: Canada – Yukon Yarns
Duration:00:11:30
Chapter 21: Canada – 'The Trail of '98'
Duration:00:27:48
Chapter 22: Homeward Bound
Duration:00:10:39
Chapter 23: Back Home
Duration:00:12:38
Chapter 24: Greenland
Duration:00:21:18
Chapter 25: Life at Troll
Duration:00:05:30
Chapter 26: Persian Perambulations
Duration:00:27:33
Chapter 27: And Then There Were Two
Duration:00:02:53
Chapter 28: Atakor Adventures
Duration:00:20:10
Chapter 29: Meanwhile, Back at Work ...
Duration:00:19:13
Chapter 30: Spanish Rock
Duration:00:06:51
Chapter 31: Morocco – Here Comes the Sun
Duration:00:21:10
Chapter 32: Alpine Adventures
Duration:00:11:30
Chapter 33: All Change ...
Duration:00:07:24
Chapter 34: Hard Rock Days
Duration:00:07:45
Chapter 35: Sudan Saga – Kassala Mountains
Duration:00:22:25
Chapter 36: Sudan Saga – Ticket to Ride
Duration:00:39:16
Part 2 – Chapter 37: Exploring Jordan – Wadi Rum Discovery
Duration:00:23:32
Chapter 38: Exploring Jordan – Wadi Rum Discovery
Duration:00:29:06
Chapter 39: Exploring Jordan – Rum Rock
Duration:00:21:03
Chapter 40: Exploring Jordan – Beyond Petra
Duration:00:17:20
Chapter 41: Exploring Jordan – More Rum Goings On
Duration:00:26:51
Chapter 42: Exploring Jordan – Bedouin Rock
Duration:00:23:39
Chapter 43: Travels in Thailand
Duration:00:13:50
Chapter 44: Oman Odyssey – A Surprise Christmas
Duration:00:24:35
Chapter 45: Oman Odyssey – Musandam to Dhofar
Duration:00:19:17
Chapter 46: Exploring Egypt – Sinai and the Red Sea Mountains
Duration:00:21:42
Chapter 47: Exploring Egypt – Some You Win, and Some You Lose
Duration:00:04:55
Chapter 48: Incredible India – the Western Ghats and Beyond
Duration:00:20:52
Chapter 49: Incredible India – Ladakh and Beyond
Duration:00:19:25
Chapter 50: Exploring Ethiopia – the Roof of Africa
Duration:00:23:48
Chapter 51: A Libyan Invitation
Duration:00:24:55
Chapter 52: Middle Eastern Meanderings
Duration:00:04:23
Chapter 53: Exploring Jordan – the Lowest Adventures on Earth
Duration:00:25:21
Chapter 54: Madagascar – Mystical Mountains
Duration:00:21:08
Chapter 55: Welcome to Palestine
Duration:00:25:15
Chapter 56: Exploring Egypt – If At First You Don't Succeed
Duration:00:15:59
Chapter 57: Exploring Egypt – Nubian Themes
Duration:00:13:08
Chapter 58: Incredible India – the North-east Frontier
Duration:00:16:46
Chapter 59: Incredible India – Saramati Surprise
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 60: Palestine – Is There Anybody Out There?
Duration:00:13:49
Chapter 61: Exploring Jordan – the Knife Canyon
Duration:00:11:42
Chapter 62: Mali – Mountains, Magic and Music
Duration:00:21:49
Chapter 63: Exploring Jordan – New Discoveries
Duration:00:14:16
Chapter 64: Exploring Jordan – the Jordan Trail
Duration:00:10:06
Chapter 65: Incredible India – A Walk on the Wild Side
Duration:00:11:48
Chapter 66: Exploring Jordan – Back on the Trail
Duration:00:17:27
Chapter 67: Memory Lane
Duration:00:06:20
Chapter 68: The End of the Trail
Duration:00:16:52
Postscript
Duration:00:03:17
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:57
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:21