{"title":"Books by Andy Kirkpatrick","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780099519522","title":"Psychovertical","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e magazine recently wrote that Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton. Words like boldness, adventure and risk were surely coined especially for him. As one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, he goes vertically where other climbers (to say nothing of the general public) fear to tread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this cult hero of vertical rock has written a book, in which his thirteen-day ascent of Reticent Wall on El Capitan in California - the hardest big-wall climb ever soloed by a Briton - frames a challenging autobiography. From childhood on a grim inner-city housing estate in Hull, the story moves through horrific encounters and unique athletic achievements at the extremes of the earth. As he writes, 'Climbs like this make no sense ... the chances of dying on the route are high.' Yet Andy, in his thirties with young children, has everything to live for. This is the paradox at the heart of the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book - by turns gut-wrenching, entertaining and challenging - appeals to the adventurer in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56223371854197,"sku":"9780099519522","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099519522_fbe744bb-b31a-430e-b28f-2ddcc1538699.jpg?v=1786011045"},{"product_id":"9781910240533","title":"1001 Climbing Tips","description":"Imagine an alien came down to Earth, stuck a probe into a climber’s brain – one who’d been climbing for over thirty years – and then transmogrified the contents into a big book of climbing tips. Well, 1001 Climbing Tips by Andy Kirkpatrick is just such a book.   This is no regular instruction manual – it’s much more useful than that. This is a massive collection of all those little tips that make a real difference when at the crag, in the mountains, or when you’re planning your next big trip. It’s for anyone who hangs off stuff, or just hangs around in the mountains. These tips are based on three decades of climbing obsession, as well as nineteen ascents of El Cap, numerous Alpine north faces, trips to the polar ice caps, and many other scary climbs and expeditions.   The following areas are covered: Basics, Safety, Big Wall, Ice, Mixed, Mountain, Training, and Stuff.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308423491957,"sku":"9781910240533","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910240533_04d29ce1-7ccb-4212-8579-3054549491af.jpg?v=1786029673"},{"product_id":"9781911342731","title":"Unknown Pleasures","description":"‘The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.’Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick.   Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, it is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget.   One moment he is attempting a rare solo ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall, the next he is surrounded by the TV circus while climbing Moonlight Buttress with the BBC’s The One Show presenter Alex Jones. Yosemite’s El Capitan is ever-present; he climbs it alone – strung out for weeks, and he climbs it with his thirteen-year-old daughter Ella – her first big wall.   His eye for observation and skilled wordcraft make for laugh-out-loud funny moments, while in more hard-hitting pieces he is unflinchingly honest about past and present love and relationships, and pulls no punches with an alternative perspective of our place in the world.   UnknownPleasures is Andy Kirkpatrickat his brilliant best.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308501840245,"sku":"9781911342731","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911342731_c1407bc2-2ac6-4b7d-bf3d-1825ed2bc669.jpg?v=1786034389"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-andy-kirkpatrick.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}