A View from the Ridge
Mountaineering Anecdotes from Scotland and America
Will be published approx. on 1. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-905222-45-2 (ISBN)
Description
Fed up of anaemic books about mountains, about being poor and happy and mystical fulfilment? Then this is the book for you, tearing the veil from the culture clashes and conflicts on the hills. What happens if you go in search of the American Dream in Colorado, or Celtic Twilight in the Cuillins? And how do the mountains alter the pattern of male/female sexual behaviour? This book presents a different approach, but one that aims to answer just why the mountains exert such fascination over so many people.
Reviews / Votes
If you buy any one mountain book this year, make sure it is this one. KEVIN BORMAN, High Mountain magazineOne of Scotland's most distinguished mountain writers. THE GREAT OUTDOORS MAGAZINE
Written... with obvious expertise, knowledge and love of [the] subject. SCOTS INDEPENDENT
He knows his mountains and his history and that awareness informs almost every page. SCOTS MAGAZINE
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905222-45-2 (9781905222452)
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Persons
Ian R Mitchell is a historian who gave up teaching to write full time. He is the author of several prize-winning books on mountains and the great outdoors. A lifelong hill-walker, he has had 40 years of experience of mountains throughout the world.
Content
Foreword to the new edition 9
Preface Out of Eden 11
chapter 1 Introduction: Mair o' the same?
chapter 2 Freewheelin'
chapter 3 Sex and the Single Bothier
chapter 4 Iron Way: Ticket to Ride
chapter 5 The Sound of Knuckles on Flesh
chapter 6 Long Island Journey
chapter 7 The Log from the Sea of the Hebrides
chapter 8 Outward Bound
chapter 9 A Short Drive in America 1
chapter 10 Big, Black-hairtet River
chapter 11 The Auld Crowd
chapter 12 Second Ascent, Variation
chapter 13 Requiem for Willie
chapter 14 Married Man's Bothy Weekend
chapter 15 A View From the Ridge
Preface Out of Eden 11
chapter 1 Introduction: Mair o' the same?
chapter 2 Freewheelin'
chapter 3 Sex and the Single Bothier
chapter 4 Iron Way: Ticket to Ride
chapter 5 The Sound of Knuckles on Flesh
chapter 6 Long Island Journey
chapter 7 The Log from the Sea of the Hebrides
chapter 8 Outward Bound
chapter 9 A Short Drive in America 1
chapter 10 Big, Black-hairtet River
chapter 11 The Auld Crowd
chapter 12 Second Ascent, Variation
chapter 13 Requiem for Willie
chapter 14 Married Man's Bothy Weekend
chapter 15 A View From the Ridge