Contents
To share with you the sense of expedition, discovery and growth,
I sequenced the chapters of this book around the actual journeys and side-trips made in this round of the 282 Munros.
Each chapter offers:
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Anecdotes that convey a sense of place in this magical land, from the birth of a fawn to the German stag hunter and his cannier ghillie
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Episodes that give a full sense of the drama and adventure
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Reflection on the stages by which an interest becomes an obsession
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Digestible nuggets of context: history, geology, botany, culture
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Rich graphics to illustrate the awe-inspiring nature of the landscape
The Horns of Alligin
A' Mhaighdean facing West
Chapters
| INTRODUCTION | |
| HOOKED | |
| First steps, Perfect Vistas | 1 |
| Gentle Foothills | 15 |
| Inaccessible Pinnacles | 31 |
| BLATANT BAGGING | |
| Tracing the Fault Line | 45 |
| North by North-West | 60 |
| Lochnagar and Beyond | 75 |
| The Utter North | 90 |
| The Point of No Return | 105 |
| TROPHIES | |
| Torridon | 120 |
| The Cairngorms Proper | 135 |
| Glencoe, Ben Nevis and Beyond | 150 |
| FLOW | |
| A Pound on the Foot | 165 |
| Zigzags | 180 |
| May the Road Rise Up to Meet You | 195 |
| BROADER HORIZONS | |
| Going Out to Go In, and vice versa | 210 |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Appendix | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index |
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CONTENTS IN DETAIL | |
| Including location ... ~ ... and other topics of interest | |
| Introduction | |
| HOOKED | |
| First steps, Perfect Vistas The Ring of Steall ~ Beauty, the Picturesque, and the Awful | 1 |
| Gentle Foothills Lomond, Cruachan, Chabhair ~ Sir Hugh Munro and his List | 15 |
| Inaccessible Pinnacles Chonzie, Sgritheall, Skye ~ Of Gaelic and many words for “mountain” | 31 |
| BLATANT BAGGING | |
| Tracing the Fault Line Crianlarich, Lawers ~ The Highland Crumple Zone; Weighing the Earth | 45 |
| North by North-West Fannichs, Fisherfield, Dundonnell ~ Making the Caledonian mountains | 60 |
| Lochnagar and Beyond Mamlorn, Lochnagar ~ Shock and Awe: the volcanoes | 75 |
| The Utter North Far North and Fisherfield again ~ The Clearances; 2 billion years older than first plant | 90 |
| The Point of No Return Glencoe and nearby ~ The language of the glacier | 105 |
| TROPHIES | |
| Torridon Torridon, Coulags ~ Munro Fauna | 120 |
| The Cairngorms Proper Drumochter, Cairngorms, Laggan ~ Munro Flora | 135 |
| Glencoe, Ben Nevis and Beyond Glencoe again, Etive, Mamores ~ Staying safe | 150 |
| FLOW | |
| A Pound on the Foot Eil, Arkaig, Mullardoch ~ A pound on the foot weighs five on the back | 165 |
| Zigzags (Mopping up outlying Munros) ~ Ideal zigzags | 180 |
| May the Road Rise Up to Meet You Cairngorms again, Shiel ~ Does the road rise up to meet you? | 195 |
| BROADER HORIZONS | |
| Going Out to Go In, and vice versa Skye, Knoydart, Shiel again, Beinn Dubhchraig | 210 |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Appendix | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index |