Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers

Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers
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Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781909912441
ISBN-13 : 1909912441
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Book Synopsis Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers by : Ian R Mitchell

Download or read book Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers written by Ian R Mitchell and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Outdoor Writers Guild Award for Excellence 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 Marvelous account of mountaineering's prehistory... as colourful as it is thought provoking - THE SCOTSMAN 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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