The shortlist for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2009 has been announced.

The judges for 2009, Phil Bartlett (chair), Kym Martindale and Ian Smith, have produced the following shortlist in alphabetical order:

John Allen, Cairngorm John
ISBN 978-1-905207-24-5, Sandstone Press, Dingwall
A sensitive and effectively underwritten account of the author’s experiences of mountain rescue in the Cairngorms; a worthy testament to a great voluntary tradition.

Jerry Auld, Hooker & Brown
ISBN 978-1-897142-40-0, Brindle & Glass, BC, Canada (Gazelle Book Services in UK)
A technically highly accomplished mountaineering novel with a clever plot-line and convincing characters.

Dominic Faulkner, The Longest Climb
ISBN 978-1-905264-54-4, Virgin Books, London
A professionally written account of travelling by bicycle to Everest and successfully climbing it, starting at the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea.

Steve House, Beyond the Mountain
ISBN 978-0-9790659-5-8, Patagonia Books, Ca, USA
The very impressive climbing autobiography (to date) of one of the world’s leading figures in alpine-style climbing in the greater ranges.

Jerry Moffatt, Revelations
ISBN 978-1-906148-11-9, Vertebrate Publishing, Sheffield
A readable and effective account of a seminal period in British rock climbing, marked by a new professional attitude to training, by one of the key protagonists.

Chic Scott, Deep Powder and Steep Rock: the life of mountain guide Hans Gmoser
ISBN 978-0-9811059-0-1, Assiniboine Publishing, Banff, Canada (Cordee in UK)
The thorough and well-researched biography of rags to riches Austrian Hans Gmoser who invented the sport of heli-skiing in the Canadian Rockies.

The winner will be announced at a reception, supported by the BMC, on the afternoon of Friday 20 November at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, during the Kendal Mountain Festival.

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