Andy Cave

Andy Cave is a British mountaineer, UIAGM mountain guide and author.cite web
url=http://www.thebmc.co.uk/News.aspx?id=2174
title=Andy Cave becomes new Conville Trust Patron|accessdate=2008-06-14
publisher=British Mountaineering Council
pages=] He is perhaps most notable for his 2005 autobiography entitled "Learning to Breathe"cite news
first=Alan
last=White
title=Biography - From the pits to the peaks
url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,,1499350,00.html#article_continue
publisher=Guardian newspaper
accessdate=2008-06-14] which received the prize for best adventure travel book at the 2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival.cite web
url=http://www.banffmountainfestivals.ca/festivals/2005/book/awards.asp
title=Banff Mountain Book Festival 2005 2005 Book Awards
accessdate=2008-06-14
publisher=The Banff Centre
pages=]

Biography

Andy Cave was born into a mining family near Sheffield. At age 16 he followed his father into a job in the mines [cite web
title = 'I was put on this planet to climb'
publisher = Yorkshire Post
url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/39I-was-put-on-this.1027341.jp
accessdate = 2008-08-23 ] . Through friends he developed a taste for climbing and during the year long miners strike of 1984 he spent much of his time climbing. He decided to leave the mines in 1986, and embarked on several climbing trips. Notable routes that he climbed include "Divine Providence" arguably the most difficult Alpine route at the time. He made expeditions to Fitzroy, Torres del Paine, Mt Kennedy and Changabang. He is a high-performing rock and ice climber, his autobiographical book "Learning to Breathe" recounting some of his experiences was published in 2006. [cite book
last = Andy
first = Cave
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Learning to Breathe
publisher = Arrow
date = 2006
location =
pages = 384
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hBjRAAAACAAJ&dq=Learning+to+Breathe
doi =
id =
isbn = ISBN 009947266X] The sequel - "Thin White Line" was published in early 2008 and contains more climbing memoirs. [cite web
title = Thin White Line
publisher = Random House
url = http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=main.txt&eqisbndata=0091795729
accessdate = ]

References

External links

* [http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=1624 British Mountaineering Council profile.]
* [http://www.andycave.net/ Personal commercial website.]