Field Manual FM 3-97.61 (TC 90-6-1) Military Mountaineering August 2002
by United States Government Us Army
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.
The complete introduction to rock climbing, from first steps to learning ropework and safety.
Climb High Climb Far Make Your Goal The Sky And Your Aim The Sky
by Michelle Roman St
A walker's guide to the Pilgrim Road from Le Puy-en-Velay in southwestern France to Santiago de Compostela. As well as giving walking directions, the book also provides information on places to visit along the way, the history of the pilgrimage and details on facilities such as shops and bars.
In 1906, Nello Vernon-Wood (1882-1978) reinvented himself as TexWood, Banff hunting guide and writer of "yarns of the wildernessby a competent outdoorsman." His homespun stories of a vanishingworld, in such periodicals as The Sportsman, Hunting and Fishing, andthe Canadian Alpine Journal, have much to tell us about the west asenvisioned by those who wanted to leave the early 20th century behind- or at least read about others who had done so. In the writingsof his persona "Tex," Vernon-Wood creat...