Basecamp Podcast Conversation With Ed Douglas

Ed Douglas is a U.K.-based writer and journalist who has written numerous biographies of well-known climbers.

In this episode of Basecamp from the Banff Centre, Gripped editor Brandon Pullan talks with Douglas about Mount Everest, the climbing world and more.

One of Douglas’ most loved books is about Tenzing Norgay and called Tenzing: Hero of Everest. It is the first full-length biography of the first man, with Sir Ed Hillary, to climb Everest.

Douglas has also written about Alison Hargreaves, Ben Moon and Ron Fawcett. For a list of his books, see here.

From gritstone to the Himalayas, Douglas has over 30 years of climbing experience and is a former editor of the Alpine Journal. He currently writes for The Guardian, visit here for some of his recent work.