The Great Mountain Crags of Scotland

A Celebration of Scottish Mountaineering

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This is a book for anyone with an interest in Scotland’s wild places, where the mountains and cliffs, rather than the climbs, take centre stage, transporting the reader far from towns and cities, and deep into the wilderness. The crags are the tallest, steepest and most majestic anywhere in the British Isles. They are all situated in a high mountain environment, and always a good hike from the nearest road. A visit to any of these great crags is therefore a worthy end in itself.

For those wishing to venture onto the crags, all the climbs described are highly adventurous, relying solely upon leader-placed protection. Many of the crags and climbs are described and illustrated here in detail for the very first time.

Among these pages are accounts of some of Scottish mountaineering’s greatest triumphs, but also accounts of necessary failures – chasing elusive conditions, knowing when to go down, when to return.

The authors relate their personal experiences of these cliffs and the climbing, and contained here are real treasures: schoolboy Dave MacLeod soloing on The Cobbler in winter after catching the train from Dumbarton, Mark McGowan’s gripping first-hand account of soloing Shibboleth on Slime Wall of Buachaille Etive Mor, Grant Farquhar’s recollections of a cherished first ascent on the Great Prow of Skye’s Bla Bheinn, Es Tresidder falling under the spell of Creag Meagaidh’s Pinnacle Face, and Brian Davison’s 15-year waiting game for the first winter ascent of Mort on the Tough-Brown Face of Lochnagar.

Weight 1900.00 g
ISBN

9781906148898

Author of book

Guy Robertson and Adrian Crofton

Publisher

Vertebrate Publishing

Publish Date

01 November 2014

Language

English

Page size

240mm x 310mm

Binding

Hardback

Number of pages

304

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