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Harriet Tuckey has won the Boardman Tasker prize with her acclaimed biographical work, "Everest: The First Ascent." This is a fine book and in my opinion a very well-deserved win.

www.tgomagazine.co.uk/viewpoint/breaking-news-boardman-tasker-winner-announced

In reply to Only a hill:

It's a terrific book and a very worthy winner. Certainly made me reevaluate the whole expedition. Bit of a shame Pugh didn't receive the recognition he was due back then.

In reply to Gman:
I agree - probably the first mountaineering book I've read in years which has genuinely surprised me.

In reply to Only a hill:

Sounds very interesting and further off the extremely well-beaten track than the title might initially suggest. A Banff prize-winner too and reviews on amazon are almost uniformly enthusiastic, except for one, from a Llywarch "yrhenwr".
http://tinyurl.com/nkkacxf

This outlier is allegedly Jim Perrin.
http://tinyurl.com/nuguyn9
http://tinyurl.com/qyteqw4
What is his beef with this book that has had such wide praise?

In reply to flaneur:


Interesting stuff.

In reply to flaneur:
Shocking.

Sock puppetry is pointless and hurts all writers in the end. I have no idea what he's trying to achieve with such a spiteful review.

For a little balance, here's my review of Harriet's excellent book.

http://www.alexroddie.com/2013/06/everest-first-ascent-by-harriet-tuckey.ht...