Peter Boardman
Peter Boardman ( - ) est un alpiniste et auteur britannique. Il est surtout connu pour une série d'expéditions dans l'Himalaya, souvent en partenariat avec Joe Tasker, et pour sa contribution à la littérature de montagne. Les deux hommes disparaissent le 17 mai 1982 sur la crête nord-est de l'Everest.
En 1992, le corps de Peter Boardman est retrouvé au niveau du troisième ressaut, à environ 8 200 mètres, mais celui de Joe Tasker est resté introuvable. Le prix Boardman-Tasker pour la littérature de montagne (en anglais : Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature) a été créé en leur mémoire.
Publications
Livres
- The Shining Mountain: Two men on Changabang's West Wall (avec Joe Tasker), Hodder and Stoughton, Londres, 1978.
- Sacred Summits: A Climber's Year, Hodder and Stoughton, Londres, 1982.
Articles
- « The Rock Rush », Nottingham University Mountaineering Club Journal, no 9, décembre 1971, p. 24–28.
- « Hindu Kush – Alpine Style », Alpine Journal, 1974, p. 110-114.
- « Long Necks in the Hindu Kush », Mountain, no 36, juin 1974, p. 15–21.
- « British Everest Expedition SW Face 1975 » (avec R. Richards), Alpine Journal, 1976. p. 3–15.
- « Everest is not a Private Affair », Mountain Life, décembre 1975-janvier 1976.
- « Peter the Pooh », Crags, no 4, 1976, p. 8–9.
- « Changabang Commentary », Mountain, no 55, mai-juin 1977, p. 15–27.
- « A Westerner's Luxury », The Listener, 2 mars 1978, p. 266–267.
- « No More Himalayan Heroes », Climber and Rambler, novembre 1979. p. 34–41.
- « The Untrodden Peak », The Observer Magazine[réf. incomplète].
- « Gauri Sankar Report », Climber and Rambler, avril 1980, p. 40–42.
- « So You're an Everest Climber », Mountain, no 76, novembre-décembre 1980, p. 26–29.
- « Gaurishankar, South Summit », American Alpine Journal, 1980, p. 616–617.
- « The British-Nepalese Gauri Shankar Expedition, 1979 », Himalayan Journal, 1979–80, Vol. 37. p15.
- « 1980 K2 Expedition », American Alpine Journal, 1981, p. 286–89.
- « Fight for Life on the Savage Mountain », The Observer Magazine, 15 février 1981.
- « Mount Kongur », The Observer Magazine, 15 novembre 1981.
Voir aussi
Lectures complémentaires
- Barry, John (1990) "Raven's with the Great Man" in K. Wilson, D. Alcock & J. Barry (eds) Cold Climbs, London: Diadem Books. (Humorous and moving account of a day's climbing with Boardman in Scotland.)
- Bartlett, Phil (1993) The Undiscovered Country: The Reason We Climb, Holyhead: The Ernest Press. (Includes discussion of Boardman's attitude to and writing about mountaineering.)
- Bettembourg, Georges (with Brame, Michael) (1981) The White Death, Seattle: Reynard House. (Part II gives a different perspective on the 1979 Kangchenjunga expedition.)
- The Boardman Tasker Omnibus, London: Baton Wicks. (First published 1995; new ed. published 2012. Contains both Boardman's books plus Joe Tasker's Everest the Cruel Way and Savage Arena; introduction by Chris Bonington.)
- Bonington, Chris (1976) Everest the Hard Way, London: Hodder and Stoughton. (Everest 1975 expedition; includes extracts from Boardman's expedition diary.)
- Bonington, Chris (1982) Kongur: China's Elusive Summit, London: Hodder and Stoughton. (Kongur 1981 expedition; includes extracts from Boardman's expedition diary.)
- Bonington, Chris (1983) Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge, London: Hodder and Stoughton. (Everest 1982 expedition; includes extracts from Boardman's expedition diary.)
- Bonington, Chris (1986) The Everest Years: A Climber's Life, London: Hodder and Stoughton. (Includes Everest 1975, K2 1978, Kongur and Everest 1982 expeditions.)
- Bonington, Chris (2002) Chris Bonington's Everest, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. (Includes chapters on Everest 1982 expedition and discovery of Boardman's body.)
- Coffey, Maria (1989) Fragile Edge, London: Chatto & Windus. (Description of friendship between Boardman and Tasker by Tasker's partner, and journey to Everest with Hilary Boardman.)
- Coffey, Maria (2003) Where the Mountain Casts its Shadow: The Personal Costs of Climbing, London: Hutchinson. (Describes effect of mountaineering deaths on family and friends, and impact of discovery of Boardman's body.)
- Curran, Jim (1991) Suspended Sentences: From the Life of a Climbing Cameraman, London: Hodder and Stoughton. (Includes account of the Kongur expedition.)
- Gray, Dennis (1990) Mountain Lover, Swindon: Crowood Press. (Gray was head of the BMC during Boardman's time there; includes anecdotes about Boardman.)
- Scott, Doug (1992) Himalayan Climber, London: Diadem Books. (Contains brief accounts and many photos of expeditions Scott shared with Boardman.)
- Tasker, Joe (1982) Savage Arena, London: Methuen. (Includes chapters on Changabang, K2 1978 and 1980, and Kangchenjunga expeditions.)
- Willis, Clint (2006) The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation, New York: Carroll & Graf. (Boardman was one of Bonington's "Boys"; provides historical context.)
Liens externes
- Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
- José Luis Bermúdez, 'Boardman, Peter David (1950–1982)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006
- Nottingham University Mountaineering Club Journal
- Alpine Journal
- American Alpine Journal
- Portail de la montagne
- Portail de l’alpinisme et de l’escalade
- Portail du Royaume-Uni
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