Author: Edward C. PyattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Surveys the history, geology and natural history of the mountains and uplands of the British isles.
Mountains of Britain
Author: Edward C. PyattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Surveys the history, geology and natural history of the mountains and uplands of the British isles.
High Mountains of Britain and Ireland
Author: Irvine ButterfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780906371305
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This guide to Britain's highest mountains incorporates new information. Access problems, road developments, new forestry, changes in land ownership, stalking restrictions/relaxations, new telephone numbers, clarifications in mountain names, and developments in Irish mapping are included.
The Relative Hills of Britain
Author: Alan DawsonPublisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 9781852840686
Category : Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
How many hills are there in Britain? Has anyone climbed them all? Where is there for hill walkers to go in the south of England? What is a hill anyway? The answers to these and other questions will be found in The Relative Hills of Britain. This book dispenses with the common assumption that a hill must be at least 2000ft high to be worth climbing. Instead it concentrates on listing all the hills that are relatively high compared to the surrounding land, rather than compared to sea level. This approach leads to some interesting results: for example, the highest points in the Cotswolds and Chilterns, Campsies and Quantocks are all included, as well as the main summits on numerous Scottish islands, whereas well- known mountain summits such as Cairn Gorm, Bowfell and Carnedd Dafydd do not qualify. As well as being an invaluable reference work for all walkers, this book contains a fascinating collection of not too serious facts and figures about the Marilyns, as these relative hills have been called. The book is illustrated by a set of photographs and a large number of very clear maps, which make it easy to locate all the hills in each region.
Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany
Author: Ben AndersonPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 1137540001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This book is the first transnational history of rambling and mountaineering. Focussing on the critical turn-of-the-century era, it offers new insights into alpine development, attitudes to danger, cultures of time, internationalism and domesticity in the outdoors. It charts an emerging group of mass tourist activities, and argues that these thousands of walkers and climbers can only be understood within the context of the urban cultures from which most of them came. In doing so, it offers a fresh perspective on the relationship of alpinists and countryside enthusiasts to the modern world. Instead of an escape from or rejection of modernity, it finds that upland trampers and climbers contested what it meant to be modern, used those modern identities to make political claims on rural space and rural people, and sought to define what a more modern future society should be like.
Tours to the British Mountains
Author: Thomas WilkinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highlands (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
First edition of the book which inspired William Wordsworth's "Solitary Reaper."
British Hills and Mountains
Author: James Horst Brunnerman BellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Ben Nevis
Author: Ken CrocketPublisher: Scottish Mountaineering Club
ISBN: 9781907233104
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Ben Nevis proposes a unique challenge to climbers, both in terms of height and adverse weather conditions. This book charts the history of human interaction with the mountain.
Britain's Highest Mountain Walks
Author: Jeremy AshcroftPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9780007488216
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An essential guidebook to Britain's most popular and classic mountains. From the mountaineering editor of Trail magazine this illustrated guide describes 170 of the best walking and scrambling routes and five 'challenge' routes. Every mountain in England and Wales over 3,000 ft, and every mountain in Scotland over 4,000 ft is described. This selection encompasses a wide variety of terrain and routes, from a simple walk up Snowdon to an exhilarating adventure on the towering cliffs of Ben Nevis. Each route includes:* Detailed description of each descent and ascent* Alternative routes to suit different preferences, levels of ability, and experience* Relief maps showing each peak and their approaches* Hand drawn illustrations highlight points of interest and changes to the terrain
The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland
Author: Irvine ButterfieldPublisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9780906371718
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Mountains of England and Wales
Author: John NuttallPublisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 9781852840372
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Describes how to ascend the 251 'Nuttall' summits in England, in a series of 58 walks. These summits form part of the total of 439 mountain summits in England and Wales, which reach the height of 2000ft or more. It also includes routes and summits in the Lake District, Cheviots, North Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and Dartmoor.