Full Description
'Our day's route led us through snow and ice scenery of deathless beauty. This lives strong in mind, while physical pains and trials, the so-called realities of defeat and victory, have long been forgotten.'
Mountaineering in Scotland is one of the greatest classics in climbing literature. It records the saga of the early days of Scottish winter and summer pioneering, providing a timeless antidote to modern-day tales of sterile athleticism.
W.H. Murray's vivid descriptions have an immediacy that transports the reader to some of the most iconic routes in Britain. In this book are the dramatic moments of the mountains, from walking and scrambling among the rough edges of the high mountain to sighting the mirror-sharp clarity of the burn pools in the valleys.
Through his tales of remarkable and addictive climbing adventures, Murray recounts the very essence of what exploratory climbing and deep mountaineering camaraderie is all about.
Contents
1. Twenty-four Hours on the Cuillin
2. The Cioch and Crack of Doom
3. Slav Route - Ben Nevis
4. On the Rannoch Wall in Winter
The Cliff and the Moor
Agag's Groove
5. The Deep-Cut Chimney of Stob Coire nam Beith
6. Rubicon Wall
7. Defeat
8. Coire Lagain
9. The North Buttress of Buachaille. Winter
10. The First Ascent of Clachaig Gully
11. Observatory Ridge in Winter
12. The Lost Valley and SC Gully
The Lost Valley of Bidean nam Bian
The SC Gully of Stob Coire nan Lochan
13. Lochnagar
14. Tower Ridge in Winter
15. Cir Mhor
16. The Cuillin Ridge and Blaven
17. New Year on Ben Nevis
18. High Camping in Winter
19. Raven's Gully and Crypt Route
20. Crowberry Gully in Winter
21. Cairngorm Blizzard
22. The Evidence of Things Not Seen
23. Rocks and Realities
Photographs and diagrams
