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Scotland's Mountains Before Mountaineers (Walk with Luath)

Scotland's Mountains Before Mountaineers (Walk with Luath)

by IanR.Mitchell (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

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Synopsis

This work tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
Published: 01 Jun 1998
ISBN 10: 0946487391
ISBN 13: 9780946487394

Media Reviews
In this new book on pre-mountaineering ascents and near ascents in the Highlands, we have at last a work which does justice to those who lived and worked, travelled and fought in the Highlands before Walter Scott. PROF. BRUCE LENMAN
Author Bio
IAN R MITCHELL started climbing and walking in the cairngorms in the 1960s. He has an extensive knowledge of the Scottish mountains and has also scaled peaks in Iceland, Norway, the Pyrenees, Morocco and the Austrian Alps. Ian also broke free from a career in Further Education to pursue his dream of writing full-time.