The Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust was established to promote literature by providing an annual award to authors whose work has a similar theme, mountains.
The prize commemorates the lives of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker who were last seen on Mount Everest. The two men left two legacies, their climbs on high peaks with bold, innovative methods and the books they wrote and left behind.The Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature was set up by family and friends in 1983.
This week, the short list for the £3,000 prize has been announced. Judges including Audrey Salkeld, Chris Harle and Robin Campbell, have selected books from Jules Lines, Tony Smythe and Frank Nugent to name just a few.
You can see all of the books that made it onto the shortlist by clicking here.
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