Awards

• Winner of Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2008
• Winner of Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2008.

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Andy is one of the funniest of Britain's top climbers and represents what is the best in modern British climbing: boldness, innovation, sense of humour, irreverence, commitment, and an appetite for risk. <br>-- Climber Chris Bonnington<br><br> Thrilling . . . Most compelling are his psychological battles. <br>-- Financial Times

Psychovertical is a powerful if intensely personal book, well written, sometimes brilliantly so. It charts Kirkpatrick's fractured upbringing and subsequent escape to a life of extreme climbing and close calls... He is a clear, spare writer, and a highly visual one. The descriptions of climbing are among the best I've ever read... Kirkpatrick chooses words with the same care that he chooses a wire. -- Ed Douglas Climber Kirkpatrick's autobiography sparkles with black humour...He writes with great eloquence on the fears of an extreme craftsman pursuing his crazy self-imposed task Mail on Sunday Thrilling ... Most compelling are his psychological battles, as self-belief and a dry sense of humour ultimately propel him to the top Financial Times Andy is one of the funniest of Britain's top climbers and represents what is best in modern British climbing: boldness, innovation, sense of humour, irreverence, commitment, and an appetite for risk. Chris Bonington Entertaining, funny and a bit mental Zoo

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Andy Kirkpatrick has climbed the hardest routes in the Alps and has mountaineered around the world, including Patagonia in winter. His film Cold Haul, about his and Ian Parnell's ascent of the Lafaille Route on the Dru, won first prize at the Graz Festival. He is a popular climbing journalist and his website www.pyschovertical.com receives thousands of hits every month.

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