Some fantastic news to start the week! We are delighted to share that Breathe: Life Lessons from the Edge of the World by Mollie Hughes has been shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.

The Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature will be awarded to the winner at the Boardman Tasker Award, Shortlisted Authors event at the Kendal Mountain Festival on Friday November 21st, 2025.

The Judges for 2025 were Rehan Siddiqui (Chair), Brian Hall and, Nandini Purandare, who described Breathe by saying:

‘An inspiring account by Mollie Hughes of exploring some of the Earth’s wildest environments. She shares her view on how self-belief and lessons learnt from epic challenges enabled her to become the youngest woman to climb Everest from the south and north sides. Then, aged 29, she describes her battle through freezing storm-force winds to achieve the distinction of being the youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole.’

A huge congratulations to Mollie on this achievement!

You can find out more about the shortlist on the Boardman Tasker website here.