Hell of a Journey
eBook - ePub

Hell of a Journey

On Foot Through the Scottish Highlands in Winter

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hell of a Journey

On Foot Through the Scottish Highlands in Winter

About this book

Hell of a Journey describes what is arguably the last great journey to be undertaken in Britain: the entire Scottish Highlands on foot in one winter. On one level it is a vivid and evocative account of a remarkable trek - never attempted before - on another it celebrates the uniqueness of the Highlands, the scenery and ecology of 'the last wilderness in Europe'. The challenge Mike Cawthorne set himself was to climb all 135 of Scotland's 1, 000-metre peaks, which stretch in an unbroken chain through the heart of the Highlands, from Sutherland to the Eastern Cairngorms, down to Loch Lomond, and west to Glencoe. His route traversed the most spectacular landscape in Scotland, linking every portion of wilderness, and was completed in the midst of the harshest winter conditions imaginable.Acclaimed on its first publication in 2000, this edition contains an epilogue in which Mike Cawthorne reflects on his trek and wonders what has changed since he carried it out. He warns that 'wild land in Scotland has never been under greater threat'. Hell of a Journey is a reminder of what we could so easily lose forever.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781780270357

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. List of maps
  8. Biographical note
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Prologue
  11. Introduction
  12. 1. Solitary in Sutherland
  13. 2. First Storm
  14. 3. Chasing Blue Shadows
  15. 4. Wandering Ridges
  16. 5. Knoydart
  17. 6. Creag Meagaidh Christmas
  18. 7. Nevis Watershed
  19. 8. The Worst Journey
  20. 9. Cairngorm Odyssey
  21. 10. Grampian Spring
  22. 11. Second Winter
  23. 12. West Highland Journey
  24. 13. Last Storm
  25. 14. Glencoe
  26. Epilogue
  27. Further reading
  28. Appendix
  29. Gaelic glossary
  30. Index