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Jim Perrin

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Born: December 31 1946

Jim Perrin is an English rock climber and travel writer.
Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd. As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines. As a climber, he has developed new routes, as well as making solo ascents of a number of established routes.

He has won the Boardman Tasker prize twice, first for Menlove , his biography of John Menlove Edwards, and again as a joint winner for The Villain , a biography of Don Whillans.

For many years he has contributed mountaineering obituaries for The Guardian . He has six children by six different partners, one, Will, also a talented climber, took his own life aged 24.

Jim Perrin

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 31 1946

Jim Perrin is an English rock climber and travel writer.
Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd. As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines. As a climber, he has developed new routes, as well as making solo ascents of a number of established routes.

He has won the Boardman Tasker prize twice, first for Menlove , his biography of John Menlove Edwards, and again as a joint winner for The Villain , a biography of Don Whillans.

For many years he has contributed mountaineering obituaries for The Guardian . He has six children by six different partners, one, Will, also a talented climber, took his own life aged 24.

Books from Jim Perrin

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Blank on the Map: Pioneering exploration in the Shaksgam valley and Karakoram mountains.

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The Climbing Essays

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A Landscape of Wales

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Porsche Speedster Typ 540: Quintessential Sports Car

I Know Another Way: From Tintern to St Davids

Visions of Snowdonia

Travels with the Flea... and Other Eccentric Journeys

The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans

West: A Journey Through the Landscapes of Loss

Menlove: The Life of John Menlove Edwards with an Appendix of His Writings

A Snow Goose

Snowdon: The Story of a Welsh Mountain

Shipton and Tilman

After the Crash: And other stories

Spirits of Place

Mirrors in the Cliffs