By Tim Rowland
ISBN-10: 154021916X
ISBN-13: 9781540219169
ISBN-10: 1596295414
ISBN-13: 9781596295414
Tim Rowland as he chronicles the evolution of mountain climbing within the howling desolate tract of the excessive Peaks. From nineteenth-century courses' "random scoots" to Melville Dewey's "Adirondaks Loj" to trendy technologically improved weekenders, Rowland, who has climbed the forty-six
himself, accommodates own anecdotes and laugh-out-loud wit to catch the attraction and wonder of this cherished sector, all of the whereas reminding us of the significance of holding those lovely mountains, and their attendant
"neat rocks," "Forever Wild."
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