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Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers New edition
Author(s): Ian R. Mitchell (Author)
- Publisher: Luath Press Ltd.
- Publication Date: 1 April 2013
- Edition: New edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908373296
- ISBN-13: 9781908373298
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
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
About the Author
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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