Friday, August 28, 2015

The Boardman Tasker Prize Long List for 2015



The Boardman Tasker prize is given every year to one outstanding book on mountain literature. This is one of the most prestigious awards a mountain  book can get and this year the list of books are awesome. It would be a very difficult job for the jury to pick a winner from the list below. In the meantime while the jury deliberates and decides,  try to read as many of these great books as you can.

My personal recommendations are :

Alpine Warriors 
Bernadette McDonald
ISBN 978-1-771601-09-2

The Ghosts of K2: The epic saga of the first ascent
ISBN 978-1-78074-595-4
Mick Conefrey
Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan journeys in search of the sacred and the sublime
ISBN 978-1-62872-510-0
Stephen Alter
Everest Revealed: the Private Diaries and sketches of Edward Norton 1922-24
ISBN 978-0-7509-5585-0
Christopher Norton

The long list for 2015 is below:

Entries

Village of Secrets Defying the Nazis in Vichy France
ISBN 978-0-701-18641-8
Caroline MoorheadChatto & Windus
After the Wind 1996 Everest Tragedy One Survivor's Story
ISBN 978-1-9940877-00-6
Lou KasischkeGood Hart Publishing LC
Denali's Howl
ISBN 978-0-593-07445-9
Andy HallTransworld
The Scent of Juniper:Poems of the Himalayas
ISBN 978-0692328941
Dr Mikel VauseKelsay Books
Make or Break: Don't Let climbing Injuries Dictate Your Success
ISBN 9780956428134
David MacLeodRare Breed Productions
Statement: The Ben Moon Story
ISBN 978-1-906148-98-0
Ed DouglasVertebrate Publishing
The Great mountain Crags of Scotland
ISBN 978-1-906148-89-8
Guy Robertson & Adrian CroftonVertebrate Publishing
One Day as a Tiger
ISBN 978-1-910240-08-3
John PorterVertebrate Publishing
Beyond Limits
ISBN 978-1-910240-19-9
Steve McClureVertebrate Publishing
Mount Hood: Adventures of the Wy'East Climbers, 1930-1942
ISBN 978-0-9887339-2-3
Ric ConradKahuna Books
Wilderness Weekends
ISBN 978-1-84162-9124
Phoebe SmithBradt Travel Guides
Steps
ISBN 978-1-906175-24-5
Mark GoodwinLongbarrow Press
Snowblind: Tales of Alpine Obsession
ISBN 978-1-61902-453-3
Daniel ArnoldCounterpoint
The Blind Man of Hoy
ISBN 978-1-910124-22-2
Red SzellSandstone Press
Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan journeys in search of the sacred and the sublime
ISBN 978-1-62872-510-0
Stephen AlterArcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing
The Calling: A Life Rocked
ISBN 978-1-938340-31-4
Barry BlanchardPatagonia
The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing & Controversy on Cerro Torre
ISBN 978-1-938340-33-8
Kelly CordesPatagonia
Everest Revealed: the Private Diaries and sketches of Edward Norton 1922-24
ISBN 978-0-7509-5585-0
Christopher NortonThe History Press
The Adventure Game: A Cameraman's Tales from Films at the Edge
ISBN 978-1-910124-31-4
Keith PartridgeSandstone Press
Wild Nights
ISBN 978-1-84953-699-8
Phoebe SmithSummersdale
The Sunlit Night
ISBN 978-1-4088-6303-9
Rebecca DinersteinBloomsbury Publishing
Rise
ISBN 978-1-4088-5792-2
Karen CampbellBloomsbury Press
In Some Lost Place
ISBN 9781-1910240-37-3
Sandy AllenVertebrate Publishing
Between the Sunset and the Sea
ISBN 978-0-00-754540
Simon IngramWilliam Collins, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Going Up is Easy
ISBN 978-0-14-357323-4
Lydia BradleyPenguin NZ
The Ghosts of K2: The epic saga of the first ascent
ISBN 978-1-78074-595-4
Mick ConefreyOneWorld Publications
Too Close To God
ISBN 978-0-9918076-5-9
Jeff LongImaginary Mountain Surveyors
Abode of the Gods
ISBN 978-1-85284-771-5
Kev ReynoldsCicerone Press Ltd
A Life on the Edge: Eric Jones
ISBN 978-1-84527-549-5
Greg LewisGwasg Carreg Gwalch
Extreme Eiger
ISBN 978-1-47113-460-9
Peter Gillman & Leni GillmanSimon & Schuster UK Ltd
Alpine Warriors
ISBN 978-1-771601-09-2
Bernadette McDonaldRocky Mountain Books
Cold Feet, Stories of a Middling Climber
ISBN 978-0692305560
David PagelSelf published
The Naked Mountaineer, Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler
ISBN 978-0-8032-4879-3
Steve SiebersonUniversity of Nebraska Press
Mountains: Oblique Angles
ISBN 978-0-9933659-0-4
Alison IrelandHour of Writes Ltd
Run or Die
ISBN 978-0-241-00485-2
Kilian JornetViking, Penguin Random House
Apprentice to the Masters of the Golden Age
Pat Amente-book

For more details on the prize and winning books of earlier years  do visit www.boardmantasker.com

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