HIGHER THAN THE EAGLE
SOARS GETS THIRD PLACE IN THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD
November 17
Despite wining the Banff mountain literature award,
Stephen didn't make the Boardman-Tasker; but he did
reach it the top three, alongside Robert Macfarlane and
James Tabor. Announcing the result at the Kendal
Mountain Book Festival on Friday, the chairman of the
judges, Chris Smith (Lord Smith) said 'the quality and
range of their writing is formidable' .
Turning specifically to Stephen's book, he said,
'Higher than the Eagle Soars … sparkles with iridescence
and immediacy. You are there with him, battling with the
external elements and sharing the internal anxiety. And
you follow this remarkably told journey through
suffering and adversity to a modest acceptance of
world-wide acclaim, always rooted in a passion for the
mountains and the
almost superhuman effort they call forth from those who
venture to them.'
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