Top British mountaineer, big-wall climber, winter expedition specialist, award-winning author and sometime comedian, Andy Kirkpatrick will be giving a series of talks on his new book Cold Wars.
Andy has a reputation for seeking out climbing routes where the danger is real, and the return is questionable, pushing himself on some of the hardest walls and faces in the Alps and beyond. He was born and raised on a council estate in Hull, one of the flattest cities in the UK, and suffered from severe dyslexia, which went undiagnosed until he was 19. Thriving on this apparent adversity, Andy transformed himself into one of the worlds most driven and accomplished climbers, and an award-winning writer. Following the success of Psychovertical, which won the Boardman Tasker award, Andy is about to publish his new book, Cold Wars.
Cold Wars charts a period of his career where he became drawn into increasingly high-risk climbs as Andy relives his 15-day winter ascent of the Dru in the Alps and the first winter ascent of the East face of Mermoz, Patagonia. As his brother is drawn into the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, Andy juggles family life with an almost compulsive obsession with climbing the most difficult and dangerous winter routes he can find on the planet.
The autumn tour dates for Scotland are:
7 Nov Edinburgh
8 Nov Aberdeen
24 Nov Inverness
The other dates for venues in England and Wales, including the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, and booking details can be found here.
Cold Wars will be published on 1 October and is available to pre-order.