12 Facts About Peter Boardman

Peter Boardman was an English mountaineer and author.

Peter Boardman is best known for a series of bold and lightweight expeditions to the Himalayas, often in partnership with Joe Tasker, and for his contribution to mountain literature.

Peter Boardman attended Stockport Grammar School from 1956 to 1969, going on school trips to Corsica in 1964 and 1965, and to the Swabian Alps in 1966.

Peter Boardman first began climbing with school friends at Windgather Rocks in the Peak District National Park.

From 1969 to 1972, Peter Boardman studied English at the University of Nottingham where he was President of the Mountaineering Club from 1971 to 1972.

Peter Boardman moved on to become the National Officer at the British Mountaineering Council in 1975.

In 1978 Peter Boardman took over as Director of the International School of Mountaineering in Leysin, Switzerland, after Dougal Haston's death, a position he held until his own death in 1982.

When Chris Bonington was recruiting for the large, siege-style expedition to climb the South West Face of Everest, Peter Boardman was recommended by Paul Braithwaite as a talented climber who would be compatible with other team members.

Peter Boardman was invited by Chris Bonington to join an expedition to K2 in 1978.

Peter Boardman led an Anglo-Nepalese expedition to make the first ascent of the southern summit of Gauri Sankar, a twin-peaked mountain in Nepal.

Peter Boardman was part of the British team that made the first ascent of Kongur, in China.

Peter Boardman intended to climb to the North Col with Gordon and wait there while Boardman and Tasker made a final push to cross the Three Pinnacles.