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Season:SS12
Brand:Bill Birkett
Code:5011833
With stunning images throughout, this detailed and inspirational photojournal of the Scafell Massif is perfect for anyone who loves the UK's mountains. Every season, every mood and every aspect of this iconic mountain is shown, with 5 main approach walks to the summit of England's highest Peak, Scafell Pike, described in intimate detail.
Bill's portrait takes you into the heart of the mountain, with its history, geology, geography and ecology all covered in detail.
Glimpsed from afar, Scafell presents an impressive wave of naked rock, sharp ridge and steep crag, soaring above hanging coves and deep valleys. Rise to these heights and you are walking on the roof of England. In 1802 Coleridge rested from his daring exploits at the summit to write 'surely the first Letter ever written from the top of Sca' Fell!' Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes was a bestseller in 1810, and the first recorded rock climb on Scafell - Broadstand, by Edward Birkett of Keswick - took place five years later. By the mid 19th century, the railways were opening up this remote region to lovers of the romantic and sublime. Intrepid travellers set out to explore it on foot and horseback. In the 1880s the Keswick-based Abraham Brothers began their superb series of black-and-white photographic portraits, which have had an unparalleled influence on perceptions of the English landscape.