Peter Boardman (25 December 1950 – 17 May 1982) was a British mountaineer and author. He is best known for a series of bold and lightweight expeditions to the Himalaya, often in partnership with Joe Tasker, and for his contribution to mountain literature. Boardman and Tasker died on the north-east ridge of Mount Everest in 1982. The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature was established in their memory.

Early life[link]

Boardman was born in Stockport, England, the youngest son of Alan Howe Boardman (1920-1979) and Dorothy Boardman (1923-2007). He attended Stockport Grammar School and while there began climbing, visiting the mountains of Corsica in 1964 and 1965. He joined the Mynydd Climbing Club in 1966 and visited the Swabian Alps in the same year, climbing in the Pennine Alps in 1968.^[1]

From 1969 to 1972 Boardman studied English at the University of Nottingham, where he was President of the Mountaineering Club from 1971 to 1972.^[2] He quickly became a proficient Alpine climber and made the first British ascents of the North Face Direct of the Olan,^[3] the North Face of the Nesthorn^[4] and the North Face Direct of the Lauterbrunnen Breithorn.^[5]

After Nottingham, Boardman obtained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (English and outdoor activities) from the University College of North Wales in 1973.^[6]

Career[link]

With his postgraduate qualification, and climbing and mountaineering experience, Boardman was set on the path to becoming a professional.^[7] In 1973, he became an instructor at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore. He moved on to become the National Officer at the British Mountaineering Council in 1975.^[8] In 1978 Boardman took over as Director of the International School of Mountaineering in Leysin, Switzerland after Dougal Haston's death, a position he held until his own death in 1982.^[9][10] Other positions and qualifications held by Boardman include:

• Mountain Guide Carnet - September 1977.^[11]
• Vice-president, British Mountaineering Council. Elected in 1979.^[12]
• President, Association of British Mountain Guides. Elected in 1979.^[13]

Expeditions[link]

He undertook his first expedition to the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, climbing the North Face of Koh-i-Khaaik and making the first ascent of Koh-i-Mondi.^[14][15]

A number of expeditions followed and, in 1975, he reached the summit of Mount Everest via the south-west face, as part of the second assault team, on an expedition on which fellow climber Mick Burke was killed.

In 1976 he joined forces with Joe Tasker and climbed the west face of Changabang, at its time probably the hardest Himalayan climb in the world.

After a failed attempt at K2, in which climber Nick Estcourt was killed in an avalanche, Boardman successfully climbed Kangchenjunga in 1979 via the north ridge. He returned to K2 in 1980, reaching a height of 7975 metres.

He made the first ascent of Kongur Tagh in 1981 with Chris Bonington, Al Rouse, and Joe Tasker.

Death[link]

Boardman died on the north-east ridge of Mount Everest in 1982, along with his climbing partner Joe Tasker. In 1992 Boardman's body was found by climbers from Kazakhstan in a sitting position near the Second Pinnacle "looking like he was asleep". Boardman's body was identified through photographs by relatives in the UK.

Writing[link]

Boardman's book about the 1976 Changabang expedition, The Shining Mountain, is one of the outstanding works of mountaineering literature, and won the 1979 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for literature.^[16] A second book, Sacred Summits, detailing his climbing exploits in 1979 on Carstenz Pyramid, Kangchenjunga and Gauri Sankar, was published posthumously.

In 1995, these books, along with those of Joe Tasker, were republished in the Boardman Tasker Omnibus.

See also[link]

• List of people who died climbing Mount Everest

Commemoration[link]

• The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature was set up in 1983 by family and friends of the two climbers to honour their literary legacy.^[17]
• The Peter Boardman Climbing Wall at Stockport Grammar School was dedicated in 2009.^[18]

Publications[link]

• The Shining Mountain: Two men on Changabang's West Wall (with material by Joe Tasker) (1978) Hodder and Stoughton, London.
• Sacred Summits: A Climber's Year (1982) Hodder and Stoughton, London.

Notes and references[link]

External links[link]

• Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
• José Luis Bermúdez, ‘Boardman, Peter David (1950–1982)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006

Peter Joseph "Pete" Ross is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comic books published by DC Comics. He was introduced in Superboy (volume 1) #86 (January 1961).

Silver Age[link]

In the original comics, Pete was the childhood best friend of Clark Kent in Smallville. One night when they were camping together, Pete secretly saw Clark changing into Superboy to attend to an emergency. Pete kept his knowledge of the superhero's secret identity to himself, not even telling Clark. Furthermore, Pete resolved to use this knowledge to help his friend, such as creating distractions to allow Clark to slip away without raising suspicion.^[1]

The Legion of Super-Heroes were aware of Pete's assistance to Clark and made him an honorary member during his teenage years (as shown in Superboy (volume 1) #98). During the Legion's battle with Mordru in Adventure Comics #370 ("The Devil's Jury"), it was stated that Pete Ross's knowledge of Superboy's secret identity would one day end up saving Superman's life (explaining why the Legion allowed Pete to retain that knowledge); however, no Superman story ever followed up on this detail until the very end of this continuity.

As an adult, Pete was established as a widower who had a son named Jonathan, who also learned the secret of Superman's dual identity (as shown in Action Comics #457). When Pete's son was kidnapped by an alien race (DC Comics Presents #13), Pete revealed to Clark his knowledge of his friend's dual identity, imploring Superman's help. When Clark was unable to provide this help, Pete suffered a nervous breakdown and attempted to discredit his former friend. Pete resided in a mental institution until his son was eventually saved.^[2]

In Alan Moore's story Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Pete was captured by the Toyman and the Prankster and tortured into revealing Superman's true identity before being killed and stuffed in a toychest for Superman to find. ^[3] Eventually, Superman discovered they were being manipulated by Mister Mxyzptlk.

Pocket Universe Pete Ross[link]

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, mainstream DC continuity was altered, such that Superman no longer had a teenage career as Superboy.^[4] However, the Legion of Super-Heroes was dependent upon the existence of Superboy as its primary inspiration. In an attempt to resolve the paradox, a Superman/Legion story was crafted, explaining that a version of the Silver Age Superboy (and all his supporting characters, including Pete Ross) inhabited a "pocket universe" created by the Time Trapper, and that the Trapper had protected this universe from being destroyed in the Crisis. Later, the villain decided to destroy the pocket universe Earth. Superboy saved his homeworld, but at the cost of his own life.^[5]

Following Superboy's disappearance from the pocket universe Earth, the Lex Luthor of that world is tricked into releasing Kryptonian criminals General Zod, Quex-Ul and Zaora from the Phantom Zone. They proceed to lay waste to the planet, eventually killing its entire population -- including Pete Ross. Having been summoned from the regular universe by Luthor and Supergirl, Superman executes the genocidal killers using green kryptonite, and brings Supergirl (a protoplasmic duplicate of Lana Lang) with him back to his own Earth.^[6]

Modern Age[link]

The modern version of Pete is a far more minor character in the Superman comics, who eventually married Lana Lang, with the two having a son, Clark Peter Ross, although the relationship is occasionally strained due to Lana's knowledge of Clark's secret and Pete feeling that he was fundamentally Lana's second choice. The two are presently divorced, even after briefly reuniting following the Ruin storyline (see below). Pete was Vice-President of the United States under Lex Luthor and briefly served as President following Luthor's impeachment but quickly resigned.

In the modern comic book continuity, Pete was not initially aware of Clark's secret. However, the secret was known by the villainous Manchester Black, who informed then-President Luthor of the secret, only later to wipe his memory of it. Prior to losing the knowledge of Clark's secret, Lex informed Pete that his close friend Clark Kent is in fact Superman. While Pete initially refrained from telling Clark about his knowledge he did eventually tell him in Adventures of Superman #641.

Recently it appeared that Ross had become a villain named "Ruin", but it was later revealed that he had instead been kidnapped by the real Ruin, Professor Emil Hamilton. Hamilton also kidnapped Pete's wife and child. Superman defeated the insane Professor Hamilton, rescued Pete, Lana, and their child, and exonerated Pete of the charges against him.

Pete has returned to Smallville without Lana to raise their son. He was seen attending the funeral of Jonathan Kent.

Pete appears in Blackest Night: Superman #1, where he works at Smallville's general store.

Other versions[link]

He appears in Superman: Red Son, though his name is changed to Pyotr Roslov. In this story, he is an illegitimate son of Joseph Stalin and is head of the KGB. He executes the alternate versions of Thomas and Martha Wayne (in that world, anti-communist protesters), leading to Batman vowing to overthrow the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

In other media[link]

Television[link]

• Pete Ross was shown in a brief, non-speaking cameo in part two of the three-part opening episode of the 1990s television cartoon Superman: The Animated Series, titled "The Last Son of Krypton". He was also mentioned in the comic book based on the series when Kara Kent is being raised as the adoptive daughter of the Kents. Ma Kent emails Clark to say it is a small world to see Kara become the classmate of Susan Ross, Pete Ross' little sister.
• Pete Ross appears in the first three seasons of the 2000s/2010s television series Smallville, and is portrayed by Sam Jones III. Along with Chloe Sullivan, he is one of Clark Kent's best friends. Pete hates the Luthors for what he sees as their theft of his family's creamed corn business, and resents Clark's relationship with Lex Luthor (and later relationship with Lex's father Lionel). Pete is the first person outside of the Kent family with whom Clark shares the secret of his powers (albeit to prevent Pete telling the general public about the discovery of his spaceship, which had been lost in a recent tornado before Pete discovered it in a field). Although Pete is usually supportive of Clark and keeps this secret, their friendship is tested when he occasionally gets into trouble and relies on Clark to resolve his difficulties. The character was written out of the series at the end of the third season, when Pete is brutally interrogated about Clark by an FBI agent. To protect the both of them, he moves to Wichita to live with his mother, who has just accepted a federal judgeship. Pete returns in the seventh season episode "Hero", having temporarily gained Elastic Lad-like powers after chewing gum imbued with Kryptonite, and he saves Kara and aids Chloe from a manipulating Lex.^[7]

Film[link]

• In All-Star Superman, Superman briefly mentions a good friend named Pete (presumably Pete Ross) while writing down his final journal entry.

Video games[link]

• Pete Ross appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Mike Smith. He appears as a supporting character for the heroes. In the "Smallville Alert," Pete Ross is among the citizens that got turned into one of the clones of Doomsday and the players have to regress him amongst the other citizens back to normal.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Pete Ross: Honorary Legionnaires - Hero History

Kate Price
Born	Katherine Duffy (1872-02-13)February 13, 1872 Cork, Ireland
Died	January 4, 1943(1943-01-04) (aged 70) Woodland Hills, California
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1890–1937

Kate Price (February 13, 1872 – January 4, 1943) was an Irish-born American actress. She is perhaps best-remembered for playing the role of Mrs. Kelly in the comedy series, The Cohens and Kellys, made by Universal Pictures between 1926 and 1932. Price appeared in 296 motion pictures between 1910 and 1937.

Career[link]

She was born Katherine Duffy in Cork, Ireland. Her brother was actor Jack Duffy. She began her stage and vaudeville career with her husband, Joseph Price Ludwig, in 1890. Price's motion picture career began with the old Vitagraph Studios in New York City, in 1902. She acted with such movie stars as Flora Finch, Douglas Fairbanks, John Bunny, Buster Keaton, and Mary Pickford. She was paired up with Oliver Hardy for 14 films produced at the Vim Comedy Company in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1]

In 1917, Price went to Hollywood. She had parts in The Sea Tiger (1927), The Godless Girl (1929), and Reaching for the Moon (1930). Her final MGM feature was the 1934 Have a Heart. After making Easy Living and Live, Love and Learn (both released in 1937), she retired.

Death[link]

Price died at age 70 at the Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland Hills.^[2] Funeral services were held at St. Theresa's Church with interment in Calvary Cemetery.^[3][4]

Selected filmography[link]

• Her Crowning Glory (1911)
• All for a Girl (1912)
• A Million Bid (1914)
• Bringing Up Father (1915)
• The Waiters' Ball (1916)
• A Maid to Order (1916)
• Twin Flats (1916)
• A Warm Reception (1916)
• Pipe Dreams (1916)
• Mother's Child (1916)
• Prize Winners (1916)
• The Guilty Ones (1916)
• He Winked and Won (1916)
• Fat and Fickle (1916)
• The Boycotted Baby (1917)
• Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
• Arizona (1918)
• My Wife's Relations (1922)
• Flesh and Blood (1922)
• The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
• The Perfect Clown (1925)
• The Third Degree (1926)
• Frisco Sally Levy (1927)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kate Price (actress)

• Kate Price at the Internet Movie Database

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Peter Andre
Andre in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Peter James Andrea [1]
Born	(1973-02-27) 27 February 1973 (age 39) Brent, London, England[2]
Origin	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Genres	R&B, pop, pop rock, urban
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter, television personality, author, businessman
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1991[3]–present (singer) 2004–present (presenter) 2009–present (business)
Labels	Melodian (1991–96) Mushroom (1995–98) EastWest (1997–2004) K&P Recordings (2006) Conehead (2009–11)
Website	peterandre.com

Peter James Andre (born 27 February 1973) is an English and Australian musician. Andre is best known for his singles "Mysterious Girl" and "Flava". He is the ex-husband of glamour model Katie Price, with whom he had two children.

In 2009, he made a successful musical comeback after the release of his 2006 album with then-wife Price, A Whole New World. In 2009, he released his first album in four years, Revelation with a new single "Behind Closed Doors" which reached #3 on the UK Singles Charts. This was followed by Accelerate in 2010.

Early life[link]

Andre was born at Northwick Park Hospital in Brent, London on 27 February 1973.^{[citation needed]} The family emigrated to Australia when he was six years old.^{[citation needed]} 3 years later, they moved back to England for just 18 months, only to move back to Australia.^{[citation needed]} At the age of 13, Peter wrote his first song 'Dream a Little' along with his older brother Chris. The song later became part of his debut album Peter Andre. By the time he was 16, Andre had written many songs, some co-written with his brother Michael. At age 16, Peter became a contestant on Hey Hey It's Saturday 'New Faces' on which he was offered a recording contract for £46,000 live on Australian television.

Career[link]

1991–2004: Early Singing Career[link]

Along side his Andre's first top 50 single in the United Kingdom was called "Only One", which reached number 16^{[citation needed]} and then gained further success with the song "Mysterious Girl" (featuring Bubbler Ranx), which reached number 2 in the UK singles chart and number 8 in Australia.^{[citation needed]} He then had a number 1 album Natural and two U.K. number 1 singles Flava and I Feel You, both produced by Richard Pascoe (RP Management) . His last single from the album was "Natural", the song peaked at number 6 in the UK singles chart.^{[citation needed]}

In November 1997, Andre release his second album Time. The album saw three singles released - "All About Us", released in August 1997 and peaked at number 3 in the UK singles chart; "Lonely" reached number 6 in the charts; and, "All Night, All Right", peaking at number 16. The album peaked at number 28 in the UK album charts.

In 1998, he released his last single, a cover of the song "Kiss the Girl" from Disney's The Little Mermaid, before being dropped by his record company and taking a long break from his music career.^{[citation needed]} It peaked at number 9 in the UK singles chart.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared on the Childliners record The Gift Of Christmas and in the following years he spent some time in Cyprus.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2004–07: The Long Road Back, A Whole New World and hiatus

He returned to the British media with a stint on the British reality TV series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!; during which he met, fell in love with and subsequently married former glamour model Katie Price. He re-released his hit song Mysterious Girl in 2004, the single finally reaching number 1, eight years after it was originally released in 1995 which reached number 2 on the charts.^{[citation needed]} He released a follow-up song, "Insania", which reached number 3 in the United Kingdom in June 2004.^{[citation needed]} A follow-up album entitled The Long Road Back was also released that month, reaching number 44 in the UK album charts. The next single from the album was "The Right Way", featuring Price in the video.^{[citation needed]} This reached number 14 in September 2004.^[4]

Andre and wife Price released a duet album, A Whole New World, on 27 November 2006. The album consisted largely of cover versions and finally peaked at number 20 in the UK album charts. The album was followed by a single, "A Whole New World", on 14 December 2006. The single peaked at number 12.^[4]

[edit] 2009–10: Revelation & Unconditional: Love Songs

In 2008, Andre began working on his new album with executive producer Richard Pascoe (RP Management) and producer AC Burrell (Black Smoke Productions). Revelation was released on 14 September 2009. The first single, Behind Closed Doors, was released in August 2009 and peaked at number 4 in the UK singles chart. He performed the song at T4 on the Beach. The album Revelation peaked at number 3 in the UK album charts. It has sold over 300,000 copies. The second single from the album was Unconditional, which peaked at number 50 in the UK singles chart.^[5]

On 1 February 2010, he released the album Unconditional: Love Songs. It entered the UK album charts at number 9, and the following week peaked at number 7. As part as promotion for the album, Andre made a video for the song I Can't Make You Love Me and released it for the music channels. Also as part of promotion, Peter sang the song Sign Your Name on GMTV.^{[citation needed]} Both the songs were recorded as covers for the album.^[5]

On 18 July 2010, Andre performed at The Midlands Music Festival in Tamworth. He also performed at the V Festival and packed out the Nissan Juke tent during which he gave an emotional performance thanking his fans for sticking by him during a tough few years.^[5] In February, March and April 2010, Andre embarked on a 38-date tour of the UK. The tour was announced after the success for the album Revelation.^[6]

[edit] 2010–present: Accelerate

The first single from Andre's new album "Accelerate", titled "Defender" was released on 25 October 2010.^{[citation needed]} The song peaked at number 14 in the UK singles chart.^{[citation needed]} The album was released on 1 November 2010. It reached number 10 in the UK album charts in its first week.^{[citation needed]} Songs from the album were performed on a 14-date Arena tour across the UK in December.^{[citation needed]}

The second single "Perfect Night" will be released in July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

He has recently announced a 2012/2013 UK tour called "Up Close and Personal" which will see him play at a variety of venues around the UK whilst working on his new album.

Non-acting ventures[link]

Andre released a fragrance for women called Unconditional.^[7] Later, Andre released a male fragrance Conditional.^[8]

In 2010, Andre released a book, My World: In Pictures and Words, which reached number two on the UK book charts.^[9] In 2010, Andre released a second perfume, called Mysterious Girl, named after his hit single.^[10]

Andre was a reporter for daytime magazine show This Morning, hosting the show with Kate Thornton in October 2009.^[11]

Andre hosted "The 5 O'Clock Show" show in June 2010.^[12]

He is a regular on the ITV game show Odd One In.^[13]

Andre opened the New York Coffee Club in East Grinstead, West Sussex on November 10, 2011,^[14] and four months after it had been opened, the Food Standards Agency gave it one star.^[15]

Filmography[link]

Personal life[link]

Peter Andre and Katie Price during the 2009 London Marathon.

Andre married Katie Price on 10 September 2005. They have two children - a son, Junior Savva Andrea (born 13 June 2005)^[17] and a daughter, Princess Tiaamii Andrea (born 29 June 2007).^[18] While married to Price, Andre was stepfather to her son Harvey, a blind and autistic child from Price's earlier relationship with football player Dwight Yorke.^[19]

In May 2009, it was announced that Andre and Price had separated after three and a half years of marriage.^[20] Andre and Price were officially divorced on 8 September 2009.^[21]

On 27 April 2007, it was reported in several newspapers in the United Kingdom that Andre had been diagnosed with meningitis.^[22] He was discharged from hospital on 3 May 2007.^[23]

Discography[link]

• Peter Andre (1993)
• Natural (1996)
• Time (1997)
• The Long Road Back (2004)
• A Whole New World (2006)
• Revelation (2009)
• Unconditional: Love Songs (2010)
• Accelerate (2010)

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peter Andre

External links[link]

• Official website
• Peter Andre: The Next Chapter at itv.com
• Peter Andre at Allmusic
• Peter Andre at the Internet Movie Database

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Chris Boardman

Boardman in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Miles Boardman
Nickname	The Professor[citation needed]
Born	(1968-08-26) 26 August 1968 (age 43) Hoylake, United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Retired (currently appears on ITV4's coverage of the Tour de France as a commentator)
Rider type	Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
Birkenhead Victoria CC Manchester Wheelers' Club GS Strada North Wirral Velo Club - Kodak
Professional team(s)
1993–1998 1999–2000	Gan Crédit Agricole
Major wins
World Time Trial champion 1994 Tour de France 3 stages
Medal record Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Bronze Edinburgh 1986 4000m Team Pursuit Bronze Auckland 1990 4000m Team Pursuit Bronze Auckland 1990 Team Time Trial (100km) Competitor for  Great Britain Olympic Games Track cycling Gold 1992 Barcelona 4000m Individual Pursuit Road bicycle racing Bronze 1996 Atlanta Individual Time Trial World Championships Track cycling Gold 1994 Palermo 4km Individual Pursuit Gold 1996 Manchester 4km Individual Pursuit Road bicycle racing Gold 1994 Salzburg Individual Time trial Silver 1996 Salzburg Individual Time trial Bronze 1997 Salzburg Individual Time trial Bronze 1999 Treviso Individual Time trial
Infobox last updated on 18 May 2008

Christopher "Chris" Boardman, MBE, (born 26 August 1968 in Hoylake) is a former English racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times, as well as winning three stages and wearing the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. In 1992, he was awarded an MBE for services to British cycling.^[1]

He was educated in Wirral at Hilbre High School and rode in his first bike race at the age of 13. He was on the national cycling team by the age of 16.^[2]

Boardman's nickname is the Professor, for his meticulous attention to detail in preparation and training, and his technical know-how.^{[citation needed]} He had an altitude tent built in his house to help him prepare for the Hour record attempt (see below), although in an interview he claimed that all it did was help him focus. Boardman focused on interval training. He was a keen user of power measuring devices.^{[citation needed]}

For his winning ways in time trials and prologues of stage races, he was nicknamed Mr. Prologue. He has been criticized for being a time-trialist who can't climb for his lacklustre performance in the mountains of the Tour de France.^{[citation needed]} He denied this in an interview with CycleSport, citing examples in the 1995 edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race where he performed well in the mountains. He explained that his disappointing performances in the Tour de France were due to insufficient powers of recovery, which left him drained after a few days of racing.^{[citation needed]}