Book of the Month: Save Me from the Waves

Our Book of the Month for March 2024 is Save Me from the Waves by Jessica Hepburn.

An adventure story – with a difference. Jessica Hepburn is an unlikely athlete – she was labelled the ‘arty’ not the ‘sporty’ one in school. She hates exercise and believes the only reason to do it is for food, booze and box-sets on the sofa. However, in her forties, following a succession of hard and sad life experiences she started to try and exercise her way out of heartbreak.

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Book of the Month: Everest 1922

Our Book of the Month for April 2022 is Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World’s Highest Mountain by Mick Conefrey.

The dramatic and compelling account of the first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition in 2022. 

Though it remains by far the world’s most famous mountain, in recent years Everest’s reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses and piles of high altitude trash. It wasn’t always like this though. Once Everest was remote and inaccessible, a mysterious place, where only the bravest and most heroic dared to tread. 

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Matt Dickinson: The Death Zone: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2020

Matt Dickinson talks to Phoebe Smith about his first-hand experience of living through one of the most devastating storms ever to hit Mount Everest, a storm in which many lost their lives. Tackling issues at the very heart of mountaineering, Matt tells an extraordinary story of human triumph, folly and disaster.

The Death Zone by Matt Dickinson

The Death Zone

Sir Chris Bonington in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019

Britain’s greatest mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington talks to Paul Blezard about his career spanning six decades of climbing peaks, across all continents. Continue reading Sir Chris Bonington in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019