Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature

Given by Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust

Outros Nomes: Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature (Inglês), Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature shortlist (Inglês)
155 Works 26,764 Livros 663 Críticas 4.1
Stages:
Todos, Winner (42), Shortlist (114)
Anos:
Todos, 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)
Announced:
Novembro 2023: Winner2023 Recente

Winner 42

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

Shortlist 114

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

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