Jim Perrin is one of Britain's most highly regarded travel writers and was one of the best British rock-climbers - with many new routes, significant solo ascents and free ascents at the top standards of the day. He is a regular contributor to the i>Guardian/i>, the i>Daily Telegraph/i>, i>Climber/i>, i>The Great Outdoors/i> and broadcasts regularly on radio. His biography, i>Menlove/i>, was the first outright winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize, for which all of his subsequent books have been shortlisted. His previous book, i>Travels with The Flea and Other Eccentric Journeys/i>, was published to critical acclaim in 2002.