Mountain days & bothy nights
Brown, Dave2008
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Suitable for those who like the outdoors and appreciate communal living in the elements. A classic of mountain writing and still in demand over ten years after its first publication, this book takes you to the little places of big importance along one mountain-climber's trail. Fishgut Mac, Desperate Dan, Stumpy and the Big Yin stalk hill and pub, escaping from gamekeepers, staying awake sleeping in bothies (Scottish mountain cabins). Ideal for nostalgic climbers, this book is by two well-known experts who write in an easy philosophical style. A volume that will interest anyone who likes the outdoors and appreciates communal living in the elements.
Main title:
Mountain days & bothy nights / Dave Brown, Ian R. Mitchell.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath Press Ltd, 2008.
Collation:
192 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Paperback.
Biography/History:
Dave Brown started climbing in 1960, spending much of his formative years in the Trossachs, the Arrochar Alps and Glencoe, where he met some of the great characters of the early climbing scene. He has worked for the Colorado Outward Bound School as a senior instructor and later with the British Columbia Outward School. After escaping the rigours of a working life in Further Education, Dave has set up a small guiding business and earns a modest living from passing his invaluable knowledge of the hills down to new generations.Ian 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. He is the successful author of several prize-winning books on the culture and history of walking. In 1998 he won the Outdoor Writers' Guild Award for Excellence for 'Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers' and his books are seen as an attempt to encourage a return to walking.
ISBN:
9781906307837 (pbk)1906307830 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.52209411796.52209796.522
Local class:
796.522
Language:
English
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BRN:
692439