A View from the Ridge

Mountaineering Anecdotes from Scotland and America

Ian R Mitchell

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Binding: Paperback

ISBN 9781905222452

Winner of the 1991 Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature

About the Book: 

Fed up of anaemic books about mountains, about being poor and happy and mystical fulfilment? Then this is the book for you, tearing the veil from the culture clashes and conflicts on the hills. What happens if you go in search of the American Dream in Colorado, or Celtic Twilight in the Cuillins? And how do the mountains alter the pattern of male/female sexual behaviour? This book presents a different approach, but one that aims to answer just why the mountains exert such fascination over so many people.


Reviews: 

If you buy any one mountain book this year, make sure it is this one. KEVIN BORMAN, High Mountain magazine

One of Scotland's most distinguished mountain writers. THE GREAT OUTDOORS MAGAZINE

Written... with obvious expertise, knowledge and love of [the] subject. SCOTS INDEPENDENT

He knows his mountains and his history and that awareness informs almost every page. SCOTS MAGAZINE

About the Author:

IAN R MITCHELL is a historian, who gave up teaching to devote himself to writing full time. After graduating from university in his native Aberdeen in 1973, Ian did postgraduate research at Leeds, followed by a British Council scholarship to study in Berlin. The author of articles in learned journals, and of a standard textbook on Bismarck, Ian taught for over 20 years at Clydebank College, mainly on German history. Increasingly interested in Scottish history and heritage, and a lifelong hillwalker, Ian has produced several other books, including Scotland’s Mountains before the Mountaineers, a pre-history of explorations and ascents in the Scottish mountains. Ian also writes frequently on outdoor matters for climbing journals and the general media. In addition, he gives talks and slide shows on his books.