by IanR.Mitchell (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
Published: 01 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 1908373296
ISBN 13: 9781908373298
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. - Professor Bruce Lenman, from his foreward
...will give you much to think about next time you're up that mountain. - David Newnham, The Guardian
To have produced a work of such significance that is also fun to read is an achievementHIGH
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.
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