Andrew Kirkpatrick is a British

mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

, author, motivational speaker and

monologist A monologist (), or interchangeably monologuist (), is a solo artist who recites or gives dramatic readings from a monologue, soliloquy, poetry, or work of literature, for the entertainment of an audience. The term can also refer to a person wh ...

. He is best known as a

big wall climber Big wall climbing is a type of rock climbing where a climber ascends a long multi-pitch route, normally requiring more than a single day to complete the climb. Big wall routes require the climbing team to live on the route often using portaledges ...

, having scaled Yosemite's

El Capitan El Capitan ( es, El Capitán; "the Captain" or "the Chief") is a vertical Rock formations in the United States, rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The El Capitan Granite, granit ...

over 30 times, including five

solo Solo or SOLO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Comics * ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series * Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics Characters * Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character * Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''S ...

ascents, and two one-day ascents, as well as climbing in

Patagonia Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and gl ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

and the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...

. He has also crossed

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

by ski. In 2014 he guided

Alex Jones Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right and alt-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts ''The Alex Jones Show'' from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network broadcas ...

up Moonlight Buttress,

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety ...

, raising £1.9 million for Sport Relief.

Film, TV and radio

Kirkpatrick has worked in film and TV as a safety advisor and stunt rigger, including ''

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. The story was originally ...

'', as well as in programmes for CBBC, ITN, BBC and BBC Scotland. The

BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...

programme "The Big Climb" about his ascent of

with his 13-year-old daughter Ella won multiple awards. In 2014, he guided the TV presenter

up the Moonlight Buttress in

to raise money for Sports Relief, raising £1.9 million. In 2014, Kirkpatrick gave a fifteen-minute talk on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

in its Four Thought slot on the subject of the importance of risky play for children. In January 2015, he followed the route of the

heroes of telemark ''The Heroes of Telemark'' is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from ''Skis Against the Atom'', the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldier ...

on the

Hardangervidda Hardangervidda ( en, Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: ''vidde'') in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Vestfold og Telemark, and Viken counties. It is the largest plateau of its kind in Europe, with a cold ye ...

by ski with his two children for a

film on risky play.

Writing

Kirkpatrick's dyslexia is well documented, and these struggles form part of his first book, ''Psychovertical''. Kirkpatrick is only the third person to win the

Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature is an annual prize of £3,000 awarded by the Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust to an author or authors for "an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature". The pr ...

twice (

Paul Pritchard Paul Pritchard (born 1967) is a rock climber and mountaineer and was one of the foremost British climbers of the 1980s and 1990s. He was born in Bolton, England and started climbing when he was 16 years old. He is notable for having climbed dif ...

and

Jim Perrin Jim Perrin (born 30 March 1947), is an English rock climber and travel writer. Biography Jim Perrin was born Ernest James Perrin in Manchester, England, to a family of Huguenot descent. His father played rugby league for Salford in the late 1930 ...

being the other authors to win twice). His first win was with his first book, ''Psychovertical'' in 2008 and his second with his book, ''Cold Wars: Climbing the fine line between risk and reality''. ''Psychovertical'' has been translated into German (published in 2010 as ''Psychovertikal'' by AS Verlag), Polish, Italian and Korean. The Italian version was published in 2011 as ''Psychovertical'' by Edizioni Versante Sud and in 2012 won the literary prize Gambrinus "Giuseppe Mazzotti". It is also published in French.

Bibliography

* ''Down'', Akreative, 2020, * ''Psychovertical'', London: Hutchinson, 2008, , * ''Unknown Pleasures'', Vertebrate, 2018, * ''Higher Education'', Akreative, 2018, * ''30 Years of Climbing Magazine'', Climbing Magazine, 1999, * ''Cold Wars'', Vertebrate, 2011, * ''Zimne Wojny'' by Taschenbuch * ''Kalte Kriege,''

AS Verlag As, AS, A. S., A/S or similar may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer * "As" (song), by Stevie Wonder * , a Spanish sports newspaper * , an academic male voice ...

, 2012, * ''Cold Wars'', The Mountaineers, USA, * ''1000+ Climbing Tips'' Akreative * ''Nutcraft'' Akreative ASIN: B00F8CVQ0S * ''Hooks'' Akreative ASIN: B008LZRO0A * ''Driven'' Akreative

References

External links

Radio Interview , National Geographic"The Tapestry of the Experience" , interview by Alastair HumphreysStorytelling, Dyslexia, and Antarctica , Interview by The Adventure Journal Interview , Vertical LifeThe Dark Side of Climbing , Vague Direction interviewThe Boss at the bottom of the world , British Mountaineering Council interview

Official website
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Film, TV and radio

Writing

Bibliography

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