Cave Lecturing This Autumn

Top climber Andy Cave is touring the UK this autumn and winter with his gripping lecture show Learning To Breathe, based on his astonishing autobiographical book with the same title which tells the story of how a coal miner became one of the world's leading all-round climbers.

We've seen Andy lecture in the dim and distant past and he's an engaging, thoughtful and entertaining speaker who's undertaken some astonishingly hard climbs. If the book's anything to go by, you should definitely make the effort to catch him if he's appearing near you.

His climbing CV includes an ascent of the North Wall of the Eiger when aged just 20 and, famously, in 1997, an ascent of the desperately hard Himalayan peak, Changabang by one of the most difficult Himalayan routes ever, a achievement tragically marred by the tragic death of his friend and climbing partner on the mountain.

Equally eye opening is his firsthand account of life in a Barnsley pit where he started working as a teenager just before the Miners' Strikes tore the British mining industry apart.

Andy's lecturing across England and Wales between late September and early November, you can find full details of the programme and booking details at www.speakersfromtheedge.com