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Brian Hall

Brian Hall

Climbing exploits worldwide led Brian Hall to become an internationally certified mountain guide who provides extreme location safety and rigging for the film industry.

His numerous credits include the BAFTA award-winning film Touching the Void. Between 1980 and 2008, he co-directed the Kendal Mountain Film Festival of which he is a founder. Brian and his wife, Louise, divide their time between the UK’s Peak District and New Zealand’s Southern Alps. High Risk is his first book.

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HIGH RISK by Brian Hall wins the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2022.

On Friday 19th November at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Brian Hall’s HIGH RISK: Climbing to Extinction, published by Highland based publisher Sandstone Press, was awarded the Boardman Tasker prize...

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High Risk shortlisted for Boardman Tasker Award

High Risk by mountaineer and filmmaker Brian Hall has been shortlisted for the 2022 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature. High Risk is Brian’s first book, reflecting on the outrageous...