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Time on Rock - A Climber's Route into the Mountains (Hardcover, Main)
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Time on Rock - A Climber's Route into the Mountains (Hardcover, Main)
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List price R542
Loot Price R490
Discovery Miles 4 900
You Save R52 (10%)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING AND THE
BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE In Time on Rock Anna
Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of
traditional rock climbing, and the new developing appreciation of
the natural world it brings her. Through the story of her progress
from terrified beginner to confident lead climber, she shows us how
placing hand and foot on rock becomes a profound new way into the
landscape. Anna takes us from the gritstone rocks of the Peak
District and Yorkshire to the gabbro pinnacles of the Cuillin, the
slate of North Wales and the high plateau of the Cairngorms. Each
landscape, and each type of rock, brings its own challenges and
unique pleasures. She also shows us how climbing invites us into
the history of a place: geologically, of course, but also
culturally. This book is Anna's journey of self-discovery, but it
is also a guide to losing oneself in the greater majesty of the
natural world. With great lyricism she explores how it feels to
climb as a woman, the pleasures of the physical demands of
climbing, fear and challenge, but more than anything, it is about a
joyful connection to the mountains.
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