At a time when the greatest mountains in the greatest ranges had been climbed by numerous routes, collected like stamps and written about extensively, Victor Saunders and his …
‘If I could choose a place to die, it would be in the mountains.’Clouds from Both Sides is the autobiography of Julie Tullis, the first British woman to climb an 8,000-metre peak – …
No Place to Fall is Victor Saunders’ follow up to his Boardman Tasker Prize winning debut book Elusive Summits. Covering three expeditions in Nepal, the Karakoram and the Kumaon, …
`It is often from our setbacks, even our weaknesses, that we derive some of our greatest blessings.’ That Untravelled World is the autobiography of one of the greatest adventurers …
‘It’s a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it’ll be the hardest thing that’s been done in the Himalayas.’So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker …
'I have given my whole life to the mountains. Born at the foot of the Alps, I have been a ski champion, a professional guide, an amateur of the greatest climbs in the Alps and a …
Joe Tasker lies, struck down by illness, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb Dunagiri, his first venture to the ‘big’ …
Following a remarkable year of climbing, Peter Boardman's last book Sacred Summits recounts his trips to the South Face of the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea, Kangchenjunga and …
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed …
On 30 January 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the West Ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, …
