Mountain Footfalls

IAN R. MITCHELL was born in Aberdeen but he’s spent most of the last three decades wandering through mountains. He began walking and climbing in the Cairngorms in the 1960s, and he’s since built up considerable knowledge of the Scottish Highlands and also further afield—the Alps, the Pyrenees and Norway. He now lives in Glasgow and is the author of several award-winning walking books. In 1991 he was jointly awarded the Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. He was also awarded the Outdoor Writers Guild Award for Excellence for his book Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers.

As well as being a good read the book is an authentic word picture of this part of the climbing scene in latter-day Scotland, which, like any good picture, will increase in charm over the years. IAIN SMART in Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal on Mountain Days and Bothy NightsA humorous, entertaining but informative book written by two men with obvious expertise, knowledge and love of their subject. SCOTS INDEPENDENT on Mountain Days and Bothy NightsTo have produced a work of such significance that is also fun to read is an achievement.  TERRY GIFFORD, High Reviews on Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers We tend to associate the figure of the 'flaneur' with Paris, a city that encourages walking through all districts. But here Mitchell reclaims it forcefully and often beautifully for Glasgow, exhorting us to explore areas once thought 'off limits' as well as the tourist attractions to provide also a history of the working class. THE SUNDAY HERALD on Walking Through Glasgow's Industrial PastIf you buy any one mountain book this year, make sure it is this one.  KEVIN BORMAN, High Mountain magazine on View from the RidgeOne of Scotland's most distinguished mountain writers.  The Great Outdoors Magazine on View from the RidgeWritten... with obvious expertise, knowledge and love of [the] subject.  Scots Independent on View from the RidgeHe knows his mountains and his history and that awareness informs almost every page.  Scots Magazine on View from the Ridge