num_pages: 224
description: Retreating from his failed marriage to Pauline, Mike leaves London for the Yorkshire moors, where he meets Normal and his entourage, busy pursuing their own dreams of escape. Travelling from crag to crag throughout the country, they are searching for the the perfect climb. Through rock-climbing, Mike discovers an intensity of experience - a wash of pain, fear and excitement - that obliterates the rest of his world. Increasingly addicted to the adrenalin, folklore and camaraderie of the sport, he finds, for a time, a genuine escape. But it is gained at a price...This dark, witty and poetic novel is full of the rugged beauty of nature, of the human drive to test oneself against extremes, and of the elation such escape can bring.
language: English
title: Climbers
titlecomplete: Climbers
genres: 20th Century, Adventure, Climbing, Fiction, Contemporary, British Literature
ratings_count: 376
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature
publisher: Phoenix Paperbacks