With Friends in High Places: An Anatomy of Those Who Take to the Hills

This autobiographical account, Slesser’s first mountain book in 30 years, spans 64 years of mountain exploration in every continent. It is the story of the joy of discovery shared with friends in high places. Here we have Greenland (1952, 1958, 1969), Dougal Haston, Robin Smith, Tom Patey, the ill-fated Pamir expedition (1962), Yerupaja (1964, 1966), and many more stories. Shortlisted for the 2004 Boardman-Tasker Award and Finalist 2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival Best Book Mountain Literature.