At the age of 62, the author - a sports journalist for 45 years - set off to climb to the highest peak of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, respectively - Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Corran Tuathail. Among his greatest pleasures were the characters he met on the way, including a young mountaineer who kept in trim by abseiling down oil-rigs to do repairs; a wild Irish giant; an Englishman who found love on Ben Nevis; a ratcatcher from Liverpool; a CID officer who "nabbed" mountains as a hobby; and Misty, Ben ...
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At the age of 62, the author - a sports journalist for 45 years - set off to climb to the highest peak of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, respectively - Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Corran Tuathail. Among his greatest pleasures were the characters he met on the way, including a young mountaineer who kept in trim by abseiling down oil-rigs to do repairs; a wild Irish giant; an Englishman who found love on Ben Nevis; a ratcatcher from Liverpool; a CID officer who "nabbed" mountains as a hobby; and Misty, Ben Nevis's resident spaniel. The trips are recounted in this book with a mixture of humour and observation, and the author's aim is to communicate the pleasures and rewards of walking in high places. But he also offers advice on the various aspects of hill-walking.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition, 8vo, 227pp, photo illustrations; VG Copy in VG DJ sunned at spine with commensurate colour change.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0356200248. A clean tight copy with light shelf wea only, small indentation to center of front panel on DJ unaffecting the board.; 240 pages.
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VG- in VG- jacket. VG-/VG-. 8vo. original green textured boards gilt (boards rubbed & marked with cup ring on upper panel, spine slanted, some staining to fore-edge) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed with trifling wear); pp. [viii], 228 (last blank), with illustrations & a map. A very good copy.