Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains

Time on Rock: A Climber's Route into the Mountains
ISBN-10
1838851771
ISBN-13
9781838851774
Category
Nature
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2022-01-06
Publisher
Canongate Books
Author
Anna Fleming

Description

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE AND THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE With great lyricism, Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing and the developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her. Through the story of her progress from terrified beginner to confident lead climber, she shows us how placing hand and foot on rock becomes a profound new way into the landscape. Anna takes us from the gritstone rocks of the Peak District and Yorkshire to the gabbro pinnacles of the Cuillin, the slate of North Wales and the high plateau of the Cairngorms. Each landscape, and each type of rock, brings its own challenges and invites us into the history of a place.

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