Mick Fowler

In 1976, Fowler became one of the first climbers in Britain to make a first free ascent (FFA) of a traditional climbing route at the E6-grade of difficulty when he freed Linden on the "Eliminates Wall" at Curbar Edge.{{cite web | magazine=Rock & Ice | title=Mick Fowler on Escaping a Crevasse in the Tien Shan, China | url=https://www.rockandice.com/climbing-epics/mick-fowler-on-escaping-a-crevasse-in-the-tien-shan-china/ | date=23 September 2018 | accessdate=30 July 2023}} In 1979, Fowler also became the first British climber to ascend a mixed climbing route at a consensus Scottish winter grade VI of difficulty (i.e. formally registered in the guidebook) when he freed The Shield Direct with Victor Saunders on Ben Nevis; it later turned out to be grade VII/7 route.{{cite book | title=American Alpine Journal 2003: The World's Most Significant Climbs | first=John | last=Harlin | date=October 2003 | publisher= American Alpine Club | isbn=978-0930410933 | page=167 | author-link=John Harlin}}

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Fowler was a pioneer of unusual and adventurous climbs, including multi-pitch climbing on crumbling British sea cliffs and sea stacks, and using mixed climbing techniques on chalk cliffs on England's southeast coast. The Stack Rock (2020) guidebook for sea stacks in the British Isles, identifies the era of "Fowler's forrays" from 1986 to 1993, as being one of the most important in the development of sea stack climbing, including his "outrageous" 1991 ascent of The Needle on Hoy (XS 5c).{{cite book | title=Sea Stacks | date=2020 | first=Chris | last=Mellor | pages=11–12 | accessdate=1 August 2023 | url=https://www.needlesports.com/files//75ea019d-25f6-41e2-b555-ab7d00fb6326/Stack%20Rock%2012%20Jan%202020.pdf | edition=4th | isbn=978-1-899098-05-7}} Fowler famously ice-climbed a {{convert|65|ft|adj=on}} frozen water icicle from a broken toilet at St Pancras.

It is for alpine climbing that Fowler came to international recognition and the application of the alpine style (i.e. small teams carrying all their own equipment with no support) to high-altitude Himalayan faces. In his autobiography, Fowler recounts that by 1981, he completed his "tick list" of the European alpine classic north faces including the Walker Spur (1979) and the north faces of the Eiger (1980) and the Matterhorn (1980), when he met Alan Rouse who recommended he leave Europe and visit Peru. Fowler took his advice and learned to squeeze more ambitious expeditions into his 30-day annual leave from the Revenue.{{cite book | title=Vertical Pleasure: Early Climbs in Britain, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalaya | date=2006 | first=Mick | last=Fowler | publisher=Baton Wicks Publications | isbn=1898573670 | chapter=Chapter 8. Taulliraju}} By 1987, Fowler and Victor Saunders, won international acclaim for their groundbreaking alpine-style ascent of the "Golden Pillar" on Spantik in the Karakoram (Fowler called it the "Walker Spur" of the Himalaya), as a milestone in high-altitude climbing.{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | first=Raphael | last=Slawinski | title=Degrees of Freedom: From dry tooling to figure fours, M-climbing in the mountains is redefining the vision of what's a climbable line | pages=72–85 | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200207200/Degrees-of-Freedom | accessdate=1 May 2023 | volume=44 | issue=76 | date=2002}}

After the success of the "Golden Pillar", Fowler continued to focus on making important alpine-style ascents of high-altitude Himalayan new routes including the Northeast Buttress of Taweche (1995) and the Northwest Face of Arwa Tower (1999). In 2003, Fowler and climbing partner Paul Ramsden, won the Piolet d'Or for their 2002 alpine-style ascent of the Northwest face of Siguniang; they were the first British climbers to win mountaineering's most prestigious award. The duo would win a second Piolet d'Or for their 2012 alpine-style ascent of the dramatic Northeast Buttress (the "Prow") of {{ill|Shiva (mountain)|lt=Mount Shiva|de|Shiva (Himalaya)}}. In 2016, they won a third Piolet d'Or for their alpine-style ascent of North Face of Gave Ding.

In 2010, Fowler was elected to serve as president of the Alpine Club, which was a 3-year term from 2011 to 2013, after beating Henry Day in the first-ever contested election in the organization's 153-year history.{{cite web | website=British Mountaineering Council | url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/mick-fowler-elected-alpine-club-president | title=Mick Fowler elected Alpine Club President | first=Stephen | last=Goodwin | date=7 October 2010 | accessdate=30 July 2023}} In 2014, Fowler was appointed as a Patron of the British Mountaineering Council.

Fowler has written three books on his climbs and life as a climber, Vertical Pleasure: The Secret Life of a Taxman (1995), On Thin Ice (2005), and No Easy Way (2018); all three were shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature (never winning outright). Fowler won the Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature at the 2005 Banff Mountain Book Festival for On Thin Ice, and a compilation of Fowler's writings about his climbs with Victor Saunders by Eric Vola, titled Les Tribulations de Mick et Vic, won the Grand Prix Award at the Passy Book Festival in France in 2015.

In a 1989 poll carried out by the British newspaper, The Observer, amongst British climbers, Fowler was voted the "mountaineer's mountaineer". In 2005, Chris Bonington elaborated on The Observer poll saying "... it reflected climber approval of his highly original approach to the sport – explorations on chalk sea cliffs, alpine north faces, Scottish crags in winter and summer, and his first expeditions to major ranges which resulted in superb climbs ...".{{cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya | publisher = Baton Wicks | year = 2005 | isbn = 1-898573-58-1 | chapter=FOREWORD by Chris Bonnington}} Bonnington said Fowler had delivered on this early vote of confidence by becoming "one of our greatest mountaineers". Fowler, with climbing partner Paul Ramsden, won the Piolet d'Or three times, a feat achieved by only four climbers.

In 2005, The Telegraph said he was considered "a legend by other climbers, not least because of his ability to climb hard and remote mountains", but that by remaining an "amateur climber", he achieved his reputation on "all in the annual 30 days he gets off work". In 2018, The Sunday Times newspaper called him "the world's greatest amateur climber". Fowler said that he avoided the eight-thousander peaks as the circa 8-weeks of acclimatization would not fit into his 30 days of yearly holiday allowance from his full-time job.{{cite web | magazine=Desnivel | first=Celia | last=Ruiz | date=28 January 2007 | accessdate=2 August 2023 | url=https://www.desnivel.com/alpinismo/alpinistas/el-juego-limpio-de-mick-fowler/ | title=Mick Fowler's Fair Play | language=es | trans-title=es}} He said that he had considered turning professional at times, but that he was concerned more regular exposure to climbing would dull his enthusiasm for the sport.

For almost 40 years from 1977 to his retirement in 2017, Fowler worked full-time for HM Revenue and Customs rising to the position of Assistant Director in the Shares and Assets Valuation Division, which is based in Nottingham (Fowler relocated from the Revenue in London in the early 1990s);{{cite web | newspaper=New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/17/sports/IHT-the-secret-life-of-a-tax-collector-climbing-mountains.html | title=The Secret Life of a Tax Collector: Climbing Mountains | first=Ian | last=Thompson | date=17 October 1996 | accessdate=30 July 2023}}{{cite web | newspaper=The Sunday Times | url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/meet-mick-fowler-the-worlds-greatest-amateur-climber-and-a-retired-taxman-c7wp38t3s | first=Nicholas | last=Hellen | date=2 December 2018 | title=Meet Mick Fowler, the world's greatest amateur climber — and a retired taxman}}

Fowler married his artist wife Nicola ("Nicki") Duggan in 1991,{{Cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = No Easy Way: The challenging life of the climbing taxman | publisher = Vertebrate Publishing | year = 2018 | isbn = 978-1-911342-75-5 |chapter=Chapter 1: The Competing Priorities of Life | page=12}} they have two children.{{cite web | title=The taxman cometh | first=Tarquin | last=Cooper | date=11 July 2005 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/mens-health/3320649/The-taxman-cometh.html | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}

In 2017, Fowler underwent treatment for anal cancer which required him to use a colostomy bag; however this did not stop him from climbing in the Himalayas in 2019,{{cite web | website=BBC | date=26 March 2019 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | title=Derbyshire climber who uses colostomy bag to lead Himalayas trip | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-47708924 }} and on make first ascents of new routes on sea stacks off the Irish coast in 2023.{{cite web | website=BBC | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65623176 | title=Colostomy bag climber makes first ascent of Kerry sea stack | date=19 May 2023 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | first=Jennifer |last=Harby}}

• 1976: Linden E6 6b at Curbar Edge; First free ascent (FFA) of Drummond's controversial aid route, and one of the first E6 routes in Britain.{{cite magazine | magazine=Climbing | url=https://www.climbing.com/places/history-headpointing-peak-district-gritstone/ | title=How the World's Boldest Climbing Area Got that Way | first=Mike | last=Hutton | date=3 November 2022 | accessdate=13 November 2022}}{{cite book | title=Unjustifiable Risk?: The Story of British Climbing | first=Simon | last=Thompson | date=March 2012 | publisher=Cicerone Press | edition=2nd | accessdate=1 August 2023 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AasdAwAAQBAJ&dq=mick+fowler+linden+E6+6b&pg=PT349}}
• 1977: Stairway to Heaven (4-pitches) E5 6a on Blà Bheinn, Skye. FFA with Phil Thomas.{{Cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = Vertical Pleasure: Early Climbs in Britain, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalaya | publisher = Baton Wicks| year = 2006 |edition=reprint | isbn = 1-898573-67-0 | chapter=Appendix: Climbing Record}}
• 1978: Ludwig (3-pitches) E6 6b at Gogarth South Stack; First ascent but with 3-points of aid, FFA by Andy Pollitt in 1984.
• 1981: Stone (6-pitches) E5 6a on Sron Ulladail in the Hebrides. FFA with Andy Meyers.
• 1982: Caveman (6-pitches) E6 6b in Berry Head, Devon. FFA with Andy Meyers; led onsight.

• 1978: Cascade (WI5, V 5) on Craig Rhaeddr, North Wales. First ascent.
• 1979: Central Ice-fall Direct (WI6, VI 6) on Craig Rhaeddr, North Wales. First ascent and one of the best-regarded WI6 routes in Britain.
• 1979: The Shield Direct (VII 7) on Ben Nevis. First ascent, and the first Scottish winter route to be given a guidebook rating of "VI".
• 1983: The Fly Direct (VII 6) on Creag Meagaidh. First ascent with Victor Saunders.
• 1983: Gully of the Gods (VI 6) in Applecross. First ascent.{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | first=Simon | last=Richardson | date=2005 | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200511600/Under-the-Weather | title=Under the Weather | page=116-127 | volume=47 | issue=79}}
• 1987: West Central Gully (VII 8) on Beinn Eighe. First ascent and for a time was one of the hardest mixed climbing routes in Britain.
• 1991: Deep Gash Gully (VI 7) on Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh, Skye. First ascent.

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• 1982 South Face of Taulliraju (ED3, V A3+ WI6, 800m, Peru). FA with Chris Watts; Fowler's first expedition outside of Europe, done alpine style.{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200329602/South-America-Peru-Cordillera-Blanca-Taulliraju-East-Buttress-Second-Ascent | date=2003 | first=Lindsay | last=Griffin | title=South America, Peru, Cordillera Blanca, Taulliraju, East Buttress, Second Ascent | volume=77 | issue=45 | pages=296–297}}
• 1983 Western Gully of Killimanjaro (Tanzania), with Caradog Jones.
• 1986 West Face Direct of Ushba (Rus 5b, Scottish V, 1,600m, Caucasus). FA with Victor Saunders.{{cite journal | journal=The Alpine Journal | url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1987_files/AJ%201987%20129-135%20Saunders%20Caucasus.pdf | first=Victor | last=Saunders | date=1987 | pages=129–135 | accessdate=4 August 2023 | title=The British Caucasus Expedition 1986}}
• 1987 Golden Pillar Buttress of Spantik (2,200m, Scottish V/VI, Pakistan). FA with Victor Saunders and Fowler's first major Himalayan ascent; considered a groundbreaking alpine style Himalayan ascent.{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | accessdate=1 August 2023 | title=Sputnik Golden Pillar | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/english/Expeditions/asia/Spantik/02.html | date=2000 | quote=1st ascent of Golden (NW) Pillar by the Englishmen Victor Saunders and Mick Fowler, 5-11/08/1987 (5th overall ascent of Spantik). At the time it was heralded as one of the greatest alpine-style ascents in the Himalayas. The route, over 2000m long, climbs the 1000m high NW Pillar with Scottish ice V/VI climbing.}}{{cite web | magazine=Alpinist | url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP03/editors-note-piolet | title=Editor's Note:Piolet d'Or 2003 | first=Christian | last=Beckwidth | date=1 June 2003 | accessdate=1 August 2023}}
• 1991 Southwest Ridge of Hunza Peak and Bublimating (Pakistan). FA of Hunza with Caradog Jones.{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199225401/Asia-Pakistan-Ultar-Bojohagur-Duanasir-II-Attempt-and-Hunza-Peak-Ascent | title=Asia, Pakistan, Ultar (Bojohagur Duanasir II) Attempt and Hunza Peak Ascent | volume=34 | issue=56 | date=1992 | page=256 | first=Mick | last=Fowler}}
• 1993 Northwest Face of {{ill|Cerro Kishtwar|de}} (ED+, A3 Scottish VI, 1,300m, India). FA with Steve Sustad.{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201228700/Asia-India-Kishtwar-Himalaya-Cerro-Kishtwar-6155m-West-Face-and-South-Ridge-Yoniverse-White-Sapphire-6040m-West-Face-La-Vire-des-Contemporains | page=288 | title=Cerro Kishtwar, West Face and South Ridge, Yoniverse; White Sapphire (6,040m), West Face, La Virée des Contemporains | first1= Hans |last1=Ambuhl | date=2012 | volume=54 | issue=86 | first2=Stephan| last2=Siegrist}}
• 1995 Northeast Buttress of Taweche (ED+, VI E3 A2, Nepal). FA with Pat Littlejohn; considered a major alpine style Himalayan ascent that further cemented Fowler's credentials in high-altitude alpinism.{{cite journal | journal=The Alpine Journal | volume=101 | pages=68–76 | first=Mick | last=Fowler | title=Taweche North-East Buttress | url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1996_files/AJ%201996%2068-76%20Fowler%20Taweche.pdf | accessdate=1 August 2023 | date=1996}}
• 1997 North Face of Changabang (TD+, Scottish VI, 1,600m, India). FA with Brendan Murphy and Andy Cave (summit); with Fowler and Steve Sustad climbing to the summit ridge. Murphy was hit by an avalanche and swept off the face to his death on the descent; the only death Fowler experienced on his expeditions.{{cite journal | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = A Touch Too Much? | journal = American Alpine Journal | volume = 40 | issue = 72 | pages = 53–68 | publisher= American Alpine Club | location = Golden, CO, USA | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-930410-78-5 | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199805300/A-Touch-Too-Much | accessdate=5 August 2023 }}
• 1999 Northwest Face of Arwa Tower (ED+, VI 5b A3 Scottish V/VI, 1,000m, India). FA with Steve Sustad; a major alpine style Himalayan ascent of a much-admired face.{{cite web | website=Alpinist | first=Denis | last=Burdet | title=North East Face of Arwa Tower finally climbeed | date=15 June 2007 | accessdate=1 August 2023 | url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP20/newswire-arwa-tower-northeast}}
• 2000 North Buttress of Mount Kennedy (TD+, 1,800m, Yukon US). FA of 1968 aid route with Andy Cave having retreated from the Northwest face.{{cite journal | journal=The Alpine Journal | year=2001 | isbn=9780948153662 | pages=3–11 | title=Mount Kennedy - North Buttress | first=Mick |last=Fowler | volume=106}}
• 2002 Northwest face of Siguniang (ED+, VII AI6 M6, 1,500m, Sichuan). FA with Paul Ramsden; they won the 2003 Piolet d'Or for this climb.{{cite journal | journal=Himalayan Journal | author-link=Bernadette McDonald | first=Bernadette |last=McDonald |url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/72/9/piolets-dor/ | date=2017 | access-date=2 January 2023 | title=Piolets d'Or: A Short History of the Golden Ice Axe | volume=72}}
• 2005 West Face of Kajaqiao (TD+, Scottish V, 1,100m, Tibet). FA with Chris Watts; a permit mixup led them to Kajaqiao instead of Manamcho.{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/british-manamcho-expedition-2007.html | title=Fowler and Watts make first ascent of Kajaqiao | date=22 November 2005 | accessdate=3 August 2023}}
• 2007 Northwest Ridge of Manamcho (TD, Scottish V, 700m, Tibet). FA with Paul Ramsden; known as the Matterhorn of the Nyenchen Tanglha.{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/fowler-and-watts-make-first-ascent-of-kajaqiao.html | title=British Manamcho Expedition 2007 | date=1 June 2007 | accessdate=3 August 2023}}
• 2010 North Face of Sulamar (TD+, 1,600m, Xinjiang, China). FA with Paul Ramsden.{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | date=4 October 2010 | first=Nicholas | last=Hobley | title=Sulamar North Face first ascent by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden | accessdate=2 August 2023 |

url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/sulamar-north-face-first-ascent-by-mick-fowler-and-paul-ramsden.html }}

• 2011 West face of Mugu Chuli (or Mt. Gojung) (ED, 1,200m, Nepal/Tibet). FA with Dave Turnbull.{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | date=29 October 2011 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/mick-fowler-and-dave-turnbull-first-ascent-of-mugu-chuli-in-nepal.html | title=Mick Fowler and Dave Turnbull first ascent of Mugu Chuli in Nepal}}
• 2012 Northeast Buttress ("Prow") of {{ill|Shiva (mountain)|lt=Shiva|de|Shiva (Himalaya)}} (ED+, 700m, India) with Paul Ramsden; they won the 2013 Piolet d'Or for this climb, their second.
• 2013 Southwest Face of {{ill|Kishtwar Kailash|de}} (ED, Scottish VI, 1,500m, India). FA with Paul Ramsden.{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | date=23 October 2013 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/kishtwar-kailash-first-ascent-by-mick-fowler-and-paul-ramsden.html | title=Kishtwar Kailash: first ascent by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden}}{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212848/Kishtwar-Kailash-Southwest-Face | first=Paul |last=Ramsden | title=Kishtwar Kailash, Southwest Face | date=2014 | issue=88 | volume=56 | page=337}}
• 2014 Northeast Face {{ill|Hagshu|de}} (ED, 1,300m, India). FA with Paul Ramsden.{{cite web | magazine=Alpinist | url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web14f/newswire-hagshu-kishtwar-cesen-lindic-prezelj | title=Permit Fiasco Leads Two Teams to One Kishtwar Peak

| date=3 November 2014 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | first=Gwen | last=Cameron }}{{cite web | magazine=Gripped Magazine | url=https://gripped.com/routes/mick-fowler-climbs-new-himalaya-route/ | title=Mick Fowler Climbs New Himalaya Route | date=28 October 2014 | accessdate=30 July 2023}}

• 2015 North Face of Gave Ding (ED+, 1,600m, Nepal). FA with Paul Ramsden; they won the 2016 Piolet d'Or for this, which was their third.{{cite web | magazine=PlanetMountain | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/mick-fowler-and-paul-ramsden-complete-first-ascent-of-gave-ding-in-nepal.html | title=Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden complete first ascent of Gave Ding in Nepal | date=28 October 2015 | accessdate=30 July 2023}}
• 2016 North Face of Sersank Peak (ED, 1,100m, India). FA with Victor Saunders.{{cite web |first=Peter | last=Burnside | date=26 October 2016 | url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/fowler-saunders-achieve-first-ascent-on-sersank |title=Fowler, Saunders achieve first ascent on Sersank |website=British Mountaineering Council |access-date=1 December 2017 }}
• 2024 First ascent of Yawash Sar (6,258m, Karakoram). FA with Victor Saunders.{{Cite web |last=gripped |date=2024-09-24 |title=Alpinists, 74 and 68 Years Old, Climb Matterhorn-Like Karakoram Peak |url=https://gripped.com/news/alpinists-74-and-68-years-old-climb-matterhorn-like-karakoram-peak/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Gripped Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Benavides |first=Angela |date=2024-09-24 |title=Veteran Climbers Fowler and Saunders Bag Another Alpine-Style First » Explorersweb |url=https://explorersweb.com/veteran-climbers-fowler-and-saunders-bag-another-alpine-style-first/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Explorersweb}}

• {{ill|Golden Piton Award|fr|Golden Pitons}} (Alpine) in 2002 for Siguniang.

• Piolet d'Or in 2003 (for Siguniang), 2013 (for {{ill|Shiva (mountain)|lt=Shiva|de|Shiva (Himalaya)}}), and 2016 (for Gave Ding).

• {{ill|King Albert Mountain Award|de|Albert Mountain Award}} in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.king-albert.ch/award-winners/92-mick-fowler |title=Mick Fowler: Albert Mountain Award 2012 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | website=King Albert Foundation |date=1 September 2012}}{{cite web | website=British Mountaineering Council | url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/fowler-and-price-receive-king-albert-i-memorial-medals | first=Lindsay | last=Griffin | date=5 October 2012 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | title=Fowler and Price receive King Albert I Memorial Medals}}

• Appointed as a Patron of the British Mountaineering Council in 2014.{{cite web | magazine=Climbr Magazine | url=https://www.climber.co.uk/news/fowler-and-littlejohn-become-new-bmc-patrons/ | date=17 September 2014 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | title=Fowler and Littlejohn become new BMC Patrons}}

• Honorary Fellow of University of Cumbria in 2016.{{cite web | website=University of Cumbria | date=July 2016 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | url=https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/about/organisation/honorary-fellows/2016/ | title=MICK FOWLER: For his lifelong and outstanding contribution to the world of rock climbing and mountaineering. (Awarded July 2016)}}

• W.H. Murray Literary Prize in 2002 for his essay Climbing in the Cold on Scottish winter climbing.{{cite web | website=Scottish Mountaineering Club | url=https://www.smc.org.uk/journal/prize#:~:text=There%20shall%20be%20a%20competition,' | title=W.H. Murray Literary Prize | accessdate=1 August 2023}}

• John White Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2005, for his book On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya.{{cite journal | journal=American Alpine Journal | volume=46 | issue=80 | page=486 | url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200648600/On-Thin-Ice-Alpine-Climbs-in-the-Americas-Asia-and-the-Himalaya | title=On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya | first=David | last=Stevenson}}

• Grand Prix Award, Passy Book Festival in France in 2015, for compilation of Fowler's writings by Eric Vola as Les Tribulations de Mick et Vic.{{cite web | magazine=Alpinist | url=http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web16f/newswire-mick-fowler-and-victor-saunders-make-first-ascent | title=Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders make first ascent of Sersank Peak's north face | date=25 October 2016 | accessdate=30 July 2023 | first=Derek | last=Franz}}

• {{Cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = No Easy Way: The challenging life of the climbing taxman | publisher = Vertebrate Publishing | year = 2018 | isbn = 978-1-911342-75-5 }}

• {{Cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = Vertical Pleasure: Early Climbs in Britain, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalaya | publisher = Baton Wicks| year = 2006 |edition=reprint | isbn = 1-898573-67-0 }}

• {{Cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = On Thin Ice: Alpine Climbs in the Americas, Asia and the Himalaya | publisher = Baton Wicks | year = 2005 | isbn = 1-898573-58-1 }}

• {{Cite book | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = Vertical Pleasure: The Secret Life of a Tax Man | publisher = Hodder & Stoughton | year = 1995 | location = London | isbn = 0-340-62321-7 }}

• {{cite journal | last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = A Touch Too Much? | journal = American Alpine Journal | volume = 40 | issue = 72 | pages = 53–68 | publisher = American Alpine Club | location = Golden, CO, USA | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-930410-78-5 }}

• {{cite web| last = Fowler | first = Mick | title = Climbing in the Cold | website=The W.H. Murray Literary Prize 2002 | publisher = Scottish Mountaineering Club | year = 2002 | url=https://smc-web.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/prize/wh-murray-prize-2002.pdf | accessdate=5 August 2023 }}

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• [https://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/press/new_profile_film_on_mick_fowler_and_five_decades_of_climbing-15576 SHORT FILM: Mick Fowler: Taxman, Cancer Survivor, and The World's Greatest Amateur Climber], UK Climbing Magazine (2024)
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqfDx6XTz5I Mick Fowler, Paul Ramsden: First Ascent of Shiva (6142m) Piolets d'Or 2013 Winner], EpicTV (2013)

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