2005. While he was, in many ways, the archetypal British climber, the brawling, hard-drinking, hellman Don Whillans also did important climbs in Europe, the Himalaya, South America and Yosemite. Whillans' reputation for toughness led to complete strangers punching him in bars, just to see how he'd take it, yet his epochmaking first ascent of Annapurna's South Face set a standard to which modern Himalayan climbers aspire. Whillans wasn't an easy man to get to know, but author-climber Jim Perrin takes us into his world and explores his character as no other author has done. Paperback. WINNER of the Boardman Tasker Award