High Risk

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Winner Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureWinner Kekoo Naoroji Award for Himalayan LiteratureWinner Mountain& Adventure Narrative Award, New Zealand Mountain Film& Book FestivalThe 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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