Boardman Tasker 2006 Shortlist
The Boardman Tasker Prize is the premier award for mountain literature, and this year two Scottish titles have been shortlisted for the £2000 prize.
High Endeavours: The Life And Legend of Robin Smith by Jimmy Cruickshank and published by Canongate celebrates the life of one of Scotland's most daring climbers, Robin Smith. Smith, who was born in colonial India but was schooled in Perthshire, died in 1962 in a climbing accident. This is Cruickshank's first book.
Jim Perrin is one of the UK's most prolific mountain writers, and his new essay collection, called simply The Climbing Essays, has also been shortlisted. Jim Perrin is a previous winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize.
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Add to BasketThe Climbing Essays - Hardback -
£20.00
Recognised as one of Britain's finest mountain writers, this collection brings together the best of Jim Perrin's essays and articles on climbing. It includes rare pieces, substantial new essays, ones that have been long out of print, and a frank autobiographical introduction from one of the grassroots figures of the sport. -
£8.99High Endeavours: The Life And Legend Of Robin Smith - Paperback -
Snatched from life, aged 23, on an expedition to the Pamirs in 1962, Robin Smith was one of the most daring & legendary climbers ever to have tackled a mountain. This definitive biography draws on contributions from those who knew this complex young man, as well as diary extracts from Smith himself.