Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature

Given by Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust

Autres noms: Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature (Anglais), Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature shortlist (Anglais)
155 oeuvres 26,809 Livres 664 critiques 4.1
Stages:
Tous, Winner (42), Shortlist (114)
Années:
Tous, 2023 (4), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (2), 2017 (1), 2016 (2), 2015 (5), 2014 (6), 2013 (3), 2012 (6), 2011 (4), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (6), 2006 (5), 2005 (3), 2005 Joint (2), 2004 (4), 2003 (6), 2002 (7), 2001 (6), 2000 (4), 1999 (4), 1998 (5), 1997 (5), 1996 (4), 1995 (5), 1994 (5), 1993 (3), 1992 (5), 1991 Joint (2), 1991 (2), 1990 (3), 1989 (2), 1988 (4), 1987 (3), 1986 (4), 1985 (3), 1984 Joint (2)
Annoncé:
Novembre 2023: Gagnant2023 Récent

Winner 42

ŒuvreAnnée
Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back par Katie Brown2023
Emilio Comici: Angel of the Dolomites: Passion, Pitons, Politics and the First Big Walls par David Chaundy-Smart2021
Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts par Jessica J. Lee2020
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road par Kate Harris2019
Limits of the Known par David Roberts2018
Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka par Bernadette McDonald2017
The bond : two epic climbs in Alaska and a lifetime's connection between climbers par Simon McCartney2016
The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains par Barry Blanchard2015
Tears of the Dawn par Jules Lines2014
Everest - The First Ascent: The Untold Story of Griffith Pugh, the Man Who Made it Possible par Harriet Pugh Tuckey2013
Cold Wars par Andy Kirkpatrick2012
Freedom Climbers par Bernadette McDonald2011
Ron Fawcett - Rock Athlete par Ron Fawcett2010
Beyond the Mountain par Steve House2009
Psychovertical par Andy Kirkpatrick2008
The Wild Places par Robert Macfarlane2007
An Afterclap of Fate par Charles Lind2006
Learning to Breathe par Andy Cave2005 Joint
The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans par Jim Perrin2005 Joint
When The Alps Cast Their Spell: Mountaineers Of The Alpine Golden Age par Trevor Braham2004
The Fall par Simon Mawer2003
Fatal Mountaineer: The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend par Robert Roper2002
Hazard's Way par Roger Hubank2001
The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory par Peter Gillman2000
The Totem Pole: And a Whole New Adventure par Paul Pritchard1999
Eric Shipton: Everest and Beyond par Peter Steele1998
Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Walls par Paul Pritchard1997
A Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl par Audrey Salkeld1996
Geoffrey Winthrop Young par Alan Hankinson1995
At the Rising of the Moon par Dermot Somers1994
The Ascent par Jeff Long1993
In Monte Viso's Horizon: Climbing All the Alpine 4000 Metre Peaks par Will McLewin1992
A View from the Ridge: Mountaineering Anecdotes in Scotland and America par Dave Brown1991 Joint
Mer de Glace par Alison Fell1991 Joint
Elusive Summits: Four Expeditions in the Karakoram par Victor Saunders1990
Climbers par M. John Harrison1989
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival par Joe Simpson1988
A Walk to the Pole: To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott par Roger Mear1987
Painted Mountains: Two Expeditions to Kashmir par Stephen Venables1986
Menlove: Life of John Menlove Edwards par Jim Perrin1985
Living High par Linda Gill1984 Joint
The Shishapangma Expedition par Doug Scott1984 Joint

Shortlist 114

ŒuvreAnnée
Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back par Katie Brown2023
Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest par Ankit Babu Adhikari2023
The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd par Merryn Glover2023
Closer to the edge : climbing to the ends of the Earth par Leo Houlding2023
Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain par Ed Douglas2018
Wild country : the man who made friends par Mark Vallance2016
In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbats Mazeno Ridge par Sandy Allan2015
Snowblind: Stories of Alpine Obsession par Daniel Arnold2015
Cold Feet: Stories of a Middling Climber On Classic Peaks & Among Legendary Mountaineers par David Pagel2015
One Day as A Tiger: Alex Macintyre and the Birth of Light and Fast Alpinism par John Porter2015
Hanging On par Martin Boysen2014
Law unto Himself par Michael Law2014
In Search of Peaks, Passes & Glaciers Irish Alpine Pioneers par Frank Nugent2014
Nanga Parbat 1970: Tragedy and Controversy par Richard Sale2014
My Father, Frank: Unresting Spirit of Everest par Tony Smythe2014
Echoes: One Climber's Hard Road to Freedom par Nick Bullock2013
Shipton and Tilman par Jim Perrin2013
Here, There and Everywhere...: The Autobiography of Jim Curran par Jim Curran2012
Into the silence par Wade Davis2012
CHALLENGE OF K2, THE: A History of the Savage Mountain par Richard Sale2012
Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong par Gordon Stainforth2012
The Wild Within par Simon Yates2012
Murder in the Hindu Kush: George Hayward and the Great Game par Tim Hannigan2011
The Sound of Gravity: A Novel par Joe Simpson2011
Shadow of the Matterhorn : the life of Edward Whymper par Ian Smith2011
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 par Graham Bowley2010
The Hut Builder par Laurence Fearnley2010
Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone: Because It's There par Stephen E. Schmid2010
Unjustifiable Risk?: The Story of British Climbing par Simon Thompson2010
Cairngorm John: a life in mountain rescue par John Allen2009
Hooker & Brown: A Novel par Jerry Auld2009
The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland Quest par Dominic Faulkner2009
Jerry Moffatt: Revelations par Jerry Moffatt2009
The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father par John Harlin, III2008
Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes par Maurice Isserman2008
Cham par Jonathan Trigell2008
Ararat par Frank Westerman2008
The Mountains Look on Marrakech: A Trek Along the Atlas Mountains par Hamish Brown2007
Happy Climbing Tells No Tales: And Other Mountain Stories Tall and Short par Judith Brown2007
Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston (Legends and Lore) par Bernadette McDonald2007
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters par James M. Tabor2007
Higher Than the Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest par Stephen Venables2007
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life par Arlene Blum2006
High Endeavours: The Life and Legend of Robin Smith par Jimmy Cruickshank2006
Climbing Essays par Jim Perrin2006
A Rope of Writers - Mountaineering Literature in Britian par Graham Wilson2006
On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya par Mick Fowler2005
Broad Peak par Richard Sale2005
Mountain Rescue - Chamonix Mont Blanc: A Season with the World's Busiest Mountain Rescue Service par Anne Sauvy2005
Life and Limb par Jamie Andrew2004
With Friends in High Places: An Anatomy of Those Who Take to the Hills par Malcolm Slesser2004
Nanda Devi: A Journey to the Last Sanctuary par Hugh Thomson2004
Everest par George Band2003
Tenzing: Hero of Everest par Ed Douglas2003
Yosemite par Alexander Huber2003
Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit par Robert Macfarlane2003
My father, Sandy par Nicholas Wollaston2003
Over the Edge par Greg Child2002
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World par Lynn Hill2002
Expeditions par Andrew Lindblade2002
The Evidence of Things Not Seen: A Mountaineer's Tale par W. H. Murray2002
Travels with the Flea: And Other Eccentric Journeys par Jim Perrin2002
La dernière course : Eiger par Joe Simpson2002
Climbing Everest: A Meditation on Mountaineering and the Spirit of Adventure par Pat Ament2001
Climbing the Everest, Second Edition par Pat Ament2001
The Middle-aged Mountaineer: A Climbing Journey Down the Length of Britain par Jim Curran2001
Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest par Jamling Tenzing Norgay2001
Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years on Everest par Ed Webster2001
Hell of a Journey: On Foot Through the Scottish Highlands in Winter par Mike Cawthorne2000
White par Rosie Thomas2000
A slender thread : escaping disaster in the Himalaya par Stephen Venables2000
High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington par Jim Curran1999
Ghosts of Everest par Jochen Hemmleb1999
Regions of the Heart: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alison Hargreaves (Adventure Press) par David Rose1999
Sacred Mountains of the World par Edwin Bernbaum1998
Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child par Greg Child1998
The Peak: Past and Present par Gordon Stainforth1998
A Deathful Ridge par J.A. Wainwright1998
Tragédie à l'Everest par Jon Krakauer1997
Dark Shadows Falling par Joe Simpson1997
Le Champ de glace par Thomas Wharton1997
Against the Wall par Simon Yates1997
The Return of John MacNab par Andrew Greig1996
Storms of Silence par Joe Simpson1996
Spy on the Roof of the World par Sydney Wignall1996
The Burgess Book of Lies par Adrian Burgess1995
K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain par Jim Curran1995
Vertical Pleasure: Early Climbs in Britain, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalaya par Mick Fowler1995
Everest Calling: Ascent of the Dark Side : The Mallory-Irvine Ridge{ par Lorna Siggins1995
Among Mountains par Jim Crumley1994
Alps 4000: 75 Peaks in 52 Days par Martin Moran1994
No Place to Fall : Superalpinism in the High Himalaya par Victor Saunders1994
We Aspired: The Last Innocent Americans par Pete Sinclair1994
Undiscovered Country par Phil Bartlett1993
This Game of Ghosts par Joe Simpson1993
Royal Robbins: Spirit of the Age (Climbing Classics) par Pat Ament1992
My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks par Jerzy Kukuczka1992
Les Flammes de pierre par Anne Sauvy1992
The Water People par Joe Simpson1992
Suspended Sentences par Jim Curran1991
The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny par Kurt Diemberger1991
Footloose in the Himalaya par Mike Harding1990
Mountains and Other Ghosts par Dermot Somers1990
Everest Kangshung Face par Stephen Venables1989
Feeding the rat par Al Alvarez1988
Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas par Greg Child1988
K2: Triumph and Tragedy par Jim Curran1988
K2 par John Barry1987
Native Stones, A Book About Climbing par David Craig1987
Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge (Travel) par Andrew Greig1986
On and Off the Rocks: Selected Essays, 1968-85 par Jim Perrin1986
Savage snows : the story of Mont Blanc par Walt Unsworth1986
Summit Fever par Andrew Greig1985
Journey After Dawn par Bill Peascod1985

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