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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Mountain Writing

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Proms Literary Festival Stephen Venables, the first Briton to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen, and Chris Smith, mountaineering enthusiast as well as former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, talk to Ian McMillan about their favourite mountain writing.