Beyond The Mountain

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By Steve House
Category Books Reviewed byEd Douglas
Date Friday, 12 February 2010
Rating Rating 4 out of 5

In the summer of 2005, Steve Hosue and Vince Anderson climbed a major new line on the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat, perhaps the greatest high-alitude ascent of the last ten years. House\'s climbing memoirs reveal what such a gruelling and dangerous climb demanded of him. Uncompromising, dedicated and single-minded, House is also a capable writer, and Beyond The Mountain was a popular winner of the 2010 Boardman-Tasker Award.

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The Ones That Got Away

Posted by Ed Douglas at 3.07 PM

When I blogged – yikes! two months ago! – about a letter I'd received from publisher Ken Wilson, he included a piece I'd written for Climber magazine to coincide with an earlier edition of the Boardman Tasker Omnibus, published in 1998. Ken had highlighted in orange sections of the article that were complimentary to his current project, no doubt to strong-arm me into saying something nice with the current new edition, not yet released. Which worked. But re-reading old articles can be a discomforting experience. You're often ...
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