Alan Hinkes on Everest's summit

Britain’s only summiteer of all the world’s 8,000m mountains will give a talk to mark the 10th anniversary of a walking festival.

North Yorkshire climber Alan Hinkes will recount his adventures in the Dales town of Hawes as part of the Boots and Beer festival.

The Wensleydale festival is in its 10th year and combines guided walks with an appreciation of real ale and live entertainment.

The Black Sheep Brewery-sponsored event began in 2002 as an attempt to reinvigorate the local economy and attract walkers back to the countryside following the closure of much of Britain during the foot and mouth disease epidemic the previous year.

Alan Hinkes, who as well as summiting the highest peaks on earth is also an enthusiastic fellwalker, will deliver his talk on Saturday, 10 September at the Fountain Hotel.

Only 12 mountaineers still living have successfully climbed the 14 peaks over 8,000m, putting Hinkes in an exclusive high-altitude club.

The Northallerton-based climber has also climbed the North Face of the Eiger and is an accomplished cameraman, photographer, motivational speaker, environmentalist and mountain guide.

Hinkes has got into several scrapes while mountaineering, including a bizarre incident while climbing Nanga Parbat in which chapatti flour made him sneeze, causing a slipped disc and a helicopter evacuation.

More recently, he survived an avalanche closer to home while climbing Great End’s Window Gully in the Lake District in March last year.

Tickets for the Hinkes talk are available online on the Beer and Boots Festival website, along with information on other festival events. Cost, including a curry supper, is £18.50.