The winner of the Ulju Mountain Culture Awards 2018 is Sir Chris Bonington, a living legend of Alpinism who has not stopped challenging himself.
Sir Chris Bonington is known as the first professional mountaineer pursuing futuristic climbing, and was knighted in 1996 by the Queen of England. He began rock climbing at 16, and went on to lead first climbs on the Annapurna (south face), and Mount Everest (south-west face).