Boardman Tasker Award Winners
Established in 1983 to commemorate the lives of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker, the Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust celebrates their legacy by awarding the annual Award for Mountain Literature and the Lifetime Achievement Award. The Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature is awarded annually to the author or authors of the best literary work, whether fiction, non-fiction, drama or poetry, the central theme of which is concerned with the mountain environment.
Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
An in-depth, well-rounded portrait of George Mallory, offering insight into the man behind the myth and the controversy.
Unraveled: A Climber's Journey through Darkness and Back
A stirring, brutally honest memoir from one of America’s most beloved female climbers
The Villain: A Portrait of Don Whillans
Brawling, hard-drinking, hellman-Don Whillans' reputation was as wide as the Yosemite big walls and as high as the Himalayan peaks he risked his life to scale.
The Bond: Survival on Denali and Mount Huntington
Friendship, sacrifice, and a fight for survival on the two most dangerous mountains in North America
Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling
A culturally rich and evocative narrative about the historic emergence of Darjeeling’s Sherpa climbing community
Freedom Climbers: The Golden Age of Polish Climbing
"One of the most important mountaineering books to be written for many years." —Boardman-Tasker Prize