Co-winner of the 2022 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature

Winner of the Boardman Tasker Award.
Winner of the Kekoo Naoroji Book Award.
Winner of the NZMFF Mountain & Adventure Narrative Award.

‘Dazzling adventures recalled with wisdom and affection.’ -Stephen Venables

The golden age of Himalayan mountaineering, from the mid 1970s to the ‘80s, brought forth a generation of radical young climbers. With tiny budgets and high ambitions they pioneered small scale, 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 too often lost, their lives to stand on some of the world’s highest peaks at a turning point in mountaineering history.