Mountain
Exploring Britain's High Places
Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Great Britain, Adventure & Literary Travel
| Author: | Griff Rhys Jones | ISBN: | 9780141919119 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | June 26, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Griff Rhys Jones |
| ISBN: | 9780141919119 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | June 26, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that he might like to go up a few of Britain’s peaks, he rightly asked: isn’t there someone better qualified?
Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most arduous – not to mention most beautiful – terrain, and to meet those who live daily in such thin-aired wilds.
Climbing the big mountains like Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike and many others besides gave Griff an insight into the passion and devotion our high places inspire – and turned a mountain virgin into a mountaineer. Well almost …
Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that he might like to go up a few of Britain’s peaks, he rightly asked: isn’t there someone better qualified?
Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most arduous – not to mention most beautiful – terrain, and to meet those who live daily in such thin-aired wilds.
Climbing the big mountains like Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike and many others besides gave Griff an insight into the passion and devotion our high places inspire – and turned a mountain virgin into a mountaineer. Well almost …
