Boardman Tasker Prize Winners

The prize of £3,000 commemorates the lives of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker and is given to the author or co-authors of an original work which has mad ...more

Winners

	Emilio Comici: Angel of the Dolomites: Passion, Pitons, Politics and the First Big Walls by David Smart 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 2,983 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road by Kate Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 5,072 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Limits of the Known by David Roberts 3.86 avg rating — 329 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka by Bernadette McDonald 4.24 avg rating — 753 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bond: Two Epic Climbs in Alaska and a Lifetime's Connection Between Climbers by Simon McCartney 4.61 avg rating — 238 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains by Barry Blanchard 4.16 avg rating — 333 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tears of the Dawn by Jules Lines 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everest the First Ascent: How a Champion of Science Helped to Conquer the Mountain by Harriet Tuckey 4.09 avg rating — 315 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Wars: Climbing the Line Between Risk and Reality by Andy Kirkpatrick 4.27 avg rating — 285 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom Climbers by Bernadette McDonald 4.30 avg rating — 802 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock Athlete by Ron Fawcett 4.06 avg rating — 66 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Mountain by Steve House 4.23 avg rating — 931 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychovertical by Andy Kirkpatrick 4.29 avg rating — 794 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 4,493 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Afterclap of Fate by Charles Lind 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning To Breathe by Andy Cave 4.20 avg rating — 356 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans by Jim Perrin 4.04 avg rating — 167 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When The Alps Cast Their Spell: Mountaineers Of The Alpine Golden Age by Trevor Braham 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall by Simon Mawer 4.01 avg rating — 1,513 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatal Mountaineer: The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend by Robert Roper 3.63 avg rating — 92 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hazard's Way by Roger Hubank really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory by Peter L. Gillman 4.17 avg rating — 254 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Totem Pole : And a Whole New Adventure by Paul Pritchard 4.05 avg rating — 86 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eric Shipton: Everest & Beyond by Peter Steele 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Walls by Paul Pritchard 4.04 avg rating — 104 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl by Audrey Salkeld 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geoffrey Winthrop Young: Poet, Mountaineer, Educator by Alan Hankinson 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Rising of the Moon by Dermot Somers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ascent by Jeff Long 3.90 avg rating — 229 ratings Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars