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Caleb's List: Climbing the Scottish Mountains Visible from Arthur's Seat
Author(s): Kellan MacInnes (Author)
- Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
- Publication Date: 5 Dec. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908373539
- ISBN-13: 9781908373533
Book Description
This is the story of Caleb, me and the Scottish mountains visible from Arthur’s Seat. Somehow, the Cashs or the Calebs didn’t sound right so I have called the hills on Caleb’s list the Arthurs.
More than just a climbing book, this is the story of a survivor. Caleb’s List is a beautifully descriptive account in which Kellan MacInnes intertwines his own personal struggle with HIV with the life story of Victorian mountaineer Caleb George Cash, beginning with the moment in 1898 when Caleb stood at the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh and made a list of twenty mountains visible from its summit, from Ben Lomond in the west to Lochnagar in the east. MacInnes stumbled upon this long forgotten list of hills, now dubbed the Arthurs, and in this book he sets a new hillwalking challenge – climbing the Arthurs.
Drawing on history, literature and personal experience, MacInnes offers both practical and emotional insight into climbing these hills, in an account that is a must read for hillwalkers, visitors to Edinburgh and lovers of Scotland all over the world.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The book is an impressionistic work, which combines disjointed memories from his past with descriptions of the climbs and information on Cash. THE SCOTSMAN
About the Author
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