Are you passionate about walking and climbing in areas such as Scotland and Cumbria? Or do you simply have a curiosity about those activities and those places? Then Points of Contact is the book for you.
You may have stayed at the Sybarites' Base without realizing it or suffered under the Spartan Assumption but not known it by that name. Small hills might not interest you, yet you should read about the Bonsai Peaks to know what you are missing. What has Scotland's An Teallach got that Everest hasn't? How is Franz Kafka relevant to mountaineering and what is a 'Bad K-Sequence'? Would you like to discover the hidden and inner significance of walking kit and equipment?
In considering these and other questions, Points of Contact knits personal observation, geology, history, and meteorology into a seamless and entertaining whole exploring the multi-faceted world of fell and hill walking. By turns explanatory, descriptive, humorous, and poetic, this book provides vivid insights into the hill and mountain experience, articulating fresh and thought-provoking perspectives upon its deeper meanings.
You may have stayed at the Sybarites' Base without realizing it or suffered under the Spartan Assumption but not known it by that name. Small hills might not interest you, yet you should read about the Bonsai Peaks to know what you are missing. What has Scotland's An Teallach got that Everest hasn't? How is Franz Kafka relevant to mountaineering and what is a 'Bad K-Sequence'? Would you like to discover the hidden and inner significance of walking kit and equipment?
In considering these and other questions, Points of Contact knits personal observation, geology, history, and meteorology into a seamless and entertaining whole exploring the multi-faceted world of fell and hill walking. By turns explanatory, descriptive, humorous, and poetic, this book provides vivid insights into the hill and mountain experience, articulating fresh and thought-provoking perspectives upon its deeper meanings.
