In Balance [Hardcover]

Peter Gillman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1989

This book follows the Himalayan careers of Bonington, Haston, Boardman, Tasker and Venables, the climbing feats of Patey, Brown, Fawcett and Leach. Gillman explores famous scandals and mysteries, discusses rescue technique with MacInnes and the element of risk with Burke. He also takes in an interview with Captain Noel, and an experience of caving.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; 1st ed edition (October 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340502940
• ISBN-13: 978-0340502945
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,370,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Gillman was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1942. He attended Hawes Down school, Dulwich College (1953-61), and University College Oxford (1961-64). He was editor of Isis magazine at Oxford. He became a journalist on leaving Oxford and was soon writing for the Sunday Times, first as a freelance, then on the staff, where he spent five years on the newspaper's Insight team. He became a freelance journalist in 1983 and has written for most British newspapers since. He has also written or co-authored a number of books, including Eiger Direct (with Dougal Haston) (published 1966); The Plumbat Affair (with Paul Eddy and Elaine Davenport) (1978); The Falklands War (with Paul Eddy and Magnus Linklater) (1982); Collar the Lot, co-authored with his wife Leni Gillman (1980); Alias David Bowie, with Leni Gillman (1986); The Duty Men (1987); In Balance: 20 years of mountaineering journalism (1989); Everest: the best writing and pictures (1993); The Wildest Dream (biography of mountaineer George Mallory) with Leni Gillman (2000) - winner of Boardman Tasker prize for mountain writing; Everest: 80 years of triumph and tragedy (2001). He has a specialism in mountain writing and has won a record six annual awards from the Outdoor Writers Guild. He has worked in television and cinema and also works as a trainer in journalism and writing. See website www.peterleni.com