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This work tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.



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In this new book on pre-mountaineering ascents and near ascents in the Highlands, we have at last a work which does justice to those who lived and worked, travelled and fought in the Highlands before Walter Scott. - Professor Bruce Lenman, from his foreward

...will give you much to think about next time you’re up that mountain. - David Newnham, The Guardian

To have produced a work of such significance that is also fun to read is an achievementHIGH

Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers

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    A Paperback / softback by Ian R. Mitchell

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      Publisher Luath Press Ltd
      Published 1 April 2013
      ISBN-13 9781908373298
      978-1908373298
      ISBN-10 1908373296
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      Sport Climbing and mountaineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This work tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.



      Trade Review

      In this new book on pre-mountaineering ascents and near ascents in the Highlands, we have at last a work which does justice to those who lived and worked, travelled and fought in the Highlands before Walter Scott. - Professor Bruce Lenman, from his foreward

      ...will give you much to think about next time you’re up that mountain. - David Newnham, The Guardian

      To have produced a work of such significance that is also fun to read is an achievementHIGH

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