The biography of Alison Hargreaves is the story of a life of drive and talent cut short by tragic circumstance, says Ronald Turnbull.
With barely a word of Spanish, and scarcely a penny to his name, young Laurie Lee set out on foot across pre-Civil War Spain. His account is a beautiful book about a harsh journey, says Ronald Turnbull.
If you want to be carried away by the power of words and share the intoxicated joy of that man on that ledge with the snow down the back of his neck – well, the man is Gaston Rébuffat, and this is the book for you, says Ronald Turnbull.
Back in 1980, in an age of sludgy photos and plodding layout, this glossy collection of classic challenges hit the...
To experience the real freedom of the mountains, you've just got to break out of a prison camp to get to them,...
Wandering lonely as a cloud had a practical spin-off, when the poet Wordsworth turned his hand to...
This 'intensely self-mocking' account of how not to hike the Appalachian Trail leaves the reader in no...
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