High Risk
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Winner Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
Winner Kekoo Naoroji Award for Himalayan Literature
Winner Mountain & Adventure Narrative Award, New Zealand Mountain Film & Book Festival
The golden age of Himalayan mountaineering, from the mid-1970s to the 1980s, brought forth a generation of radical young climbers. With tiny budgets and high ambitions they pioneered fast and light, alpine-style expeditions on mountains such as Jannu, Nuptse, Everest and K2.
In High Risk, Brian Hall recalls the outrageous adventures of eleven of his climbing friends who risked - and often lost - their lives to stand on some of the world's highest peaks during a legendary period in mountaineering history.
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Climbing exploits worldwide led Brian Hall to become an internationally certified mountain guide who provides extreme location safety and rigging for the film industry. His numerous credits include the BAFTA award-winning film Touching the Void, the dramatisation of Joe Simpson's bestselling book. Between 1980 and 2008, he co-directed the Kendal Mountain Film Festival of which he is also a founder. Brian and his wife Louise divide their time between the UK's Peak District and New Zealand's Southern Alps. High Risk is his first book.
Content
- Intro
- Praise
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword by Joe Simpson
- Introduction: What Happened to All My Friends?
- 1: The Tiger and the Lamb: Return to K2
- 2: Chance or Fate?: Sam Cochrane
- 3: Shooting Star: John Syrett
- 4: Metamorphosis: Alex MacIntyre (Part 1)
- 5: A Scot on Ice: Mike Geddes
- 6: The Silver Fox: John Whittle
- 7: Himalayan Virgins: Roger Baxter-Jones
- 7a: Eulogy to Roger: Mélanie Baxter-Jones
- 8: The Snow Leopard: Alan Rouse and Rab Carrington
- 9: The Survival of the Fittest: Georges Bettembourg
- 10: A Friend on Everest: Pete Thexton
- 11: Obsession?: Joe Tasker
- 12: Intellect and Art: Paul Nunn
- 13: Lightweight Revolution: Alex MacIntyre (Part 2)
- 14: Risk and Consequences: Brian Hall and Andy Parkin
- 15: The End of an Era: Alan Rouse and K2
- Afterword: The Course of Time
- Appendix 1: Winter Seasons in Mountaineering
- Appendix 2: The Problems with Climbing Everest in Winter
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- Photographs
