Unjustifiable Risk? Shortlisted For The 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize

Online, September 9, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Unjustifiable Risk? tells the story of the social, economic and cultural conditions that gave rise to the sport, and the achievements and motives of those that have shaped its development.

It's the first attempt for several decades to compress nearly two hundred years of British rock climbing and mountaineering history, at home and abroad, into a single volume.

Author Simon Thompson says:

'I am delighted that Unjustifiable Risk? has been shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award. While I was struggling to climb my first gritstone VS on Stanage, Peter Boardman was on the south west face of Everest and Joe Tasker was climbing Dunagiri. Their climbs and their books, especially Savage Arena and The Shining Mountain, were an inspiration to me as a young climber. As Unjustifiable Risk? shows, climbing and mountaineering have a long and proud literary tradition and, in recent years, the Boardman Tasker Prize has played a major role in celebrating the best in mountain writing, so it is a great honour to be shortlisted for the award.'

Unjustifiable Risk? was published in July 2010 by Cicerone Press

The winner will be announced on Friday 19 November at the Kendal Mountain Festival