Jim Perrin (born 1947) is an English rock climber and travel writer.

Born in Manchester, Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd.[1] As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines. As a climber, he has developed new routes, as well as making solo ascents of a number of established routes.

He has won the Boardman Tasker prize twice, first for Menlove (1985), his biography of John Menlove Edwards, and again as a joint winner (alongside Andy Cave's Learning to Breathe) for The Villain (2005), a biography of Don Whillans.[2]

For many years he has contributed mountaineering obituaries for The Guardian (for example, contributing on Brede Arkless).[3] He has six children by six different partners, one, Will, also a talented climber, took his own life aged 24.

Bibliography [link]

Partial list of books by Perrin listed by Amazon as in print (on 21/4/2006)

  • Menlove: Life of John Menlove Edwards (1993), Ernest Press
  • Spirits of Place (1997), Gomer Press
  • Mirrors in the Cliffs (ed.) (1999), Bâton Wicks
  • River Map (2001), Gomer Press
  • Travels with the Flea: and other Eccentric Journeys (2003), In Pinn
  • The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans (2005), Hutchinson
  • Snowdon: Biography of a Mountain (2006), Gomer Press
  • The Climbing Essays (2006), In Pinn
  • West: A Journey through the Landscapes of Loss(2010), Atlantic Books

Out of print:

  • On and Off the Rocks (1986), Gollancz
  • Yes, To Dance (1990), Oxford Illustrated Press

References [link]

  1. ^ "AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES: Jim Perrin". Gomer Press. https://www.gomer.co.uk/gomer/en/gomer.ViewAuthor/authorBio/419. 
  2. ^ List of previous Boardman Tasker prize winners
  3. ^ Contributions by Jim Perrin to the Guardian


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"Amy (Hale) had a real excellent night. She really contributed both with her bat and behind the plate."
"We played a lot of people today. We got to see what some of the younger kids could do in a game situation and see how far along they were."
"I thought we played pretty well. We had a lot of players rise to the occasion and I thought both pitchers threw well today."
"That was a big play for us. They had the momentum going their way and the double play swung it back in our direction. It was a real turning point in the game."
"In one way I'm glad we're starting to swing the bats better and getting runners on base. Now it's the timely hits we need to get. Once we start getting those to sneak through or fall in we'll be fine."
"I think the freshmen got a wake-up call. They were both excellent high school pitchers and I think will be good college pitchers down the road, but they saw today that one through nine in a lineup can hit at Division I."
"I'm really looking for a big year from Brianna (Venable). Her swing has really improved over the past year, and I think she capable of having a better year than she has had since she's been here, and she had a good career here so far."
"It was good to get two wins, no matter how they wound up looking like at the end. We've had a string of games where we've just not gotten the breaks at key times, like the other teams has, so tonight it was good to come away with two wins."
"Evansville is one of the better teams we've faced this season. We knew coming in that Evansville would come out hitting the ball, and Natasha (Anderson) just didn't have her stuff working for her today. With those two combined it made for a long day."
"We're just having a snake-bit year. We hit the ball hard, but it's right at them or they make a great defensive play. You can't do anything about that, but I am concerned about the number of runners we're leaving on base."
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