What is Chris Bonington?
[[File:Sir Chris Bonington.jpg|right|thumb|Chris Bonington]] '''Sir Christian John Storey Bonington''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born 6 August 1934<ref>{{cite web | url=https://explorersweb.com/2019/08/15/legends-series-chris-bonington/ | title=Legends Series: Chris Bonington » Explorersweb | date=15 August 2019 }}</ref> in [[Hampstead]], [[London]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]], someone who climbs [[mountain]]s. His has been to the [[Himalayas]] nineteen times.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ft.com/content/d971465e-8971-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1 | title=The high life of Sir Chris Bonington | newspaper=Financial Times | date=5 October 2016 }}</ref> Four of those times, he climbed [[Mount Everest]]. He was the first to climb of the south part of the mountain [[Annapurna]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nKwtAEACAAJ | title=Annapurna South Face: The Classic Account of Survival | isbn=9781560253150 | last1=Bonington | first1=Sir Chris | date=May 2001 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonington, Chris}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from London]]