Description
The Ultimate Guide to The Munros is a guidebook with a difference. Rather than telling the reader which are the 'best' routes, it describes all practicable ascent routes up all the Munros, and rates them in terms of difficulty and quality (using comprehensive grading systems). This enables the reader to make his/her own choices from a range of route options. Providing everything a prospective hill walker could want, The Ultimate Guide to the Munros also makes extensive use of annotated digital photographs and OS maps and includes everything about a route from the amount of effort required to local history, weather conditions and the best tea-rooms in the vicinity.
About the Author
Despite being a Sassenach by accident of birth, Ralph has lived in Scotland since studying psychology at Dundee University. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked in the field of commercial and educational computing, initially as a computer programmer and more recently as a lecturer at Napier University of Edinburgh. He is an experienced hillwalker who has hiked and backpacked extensively around the world. His series of guidebooks to the Scottish Highlands, which includes best-selling 100 Best Routes on Scottish Mountains, has become one of the standard reference works on the subject
Reviews
This is a truly indispensable guide for the Munro-bagger. Waterstone's George Street, Edinburgh. Fabulously illustrated... Entertaining as well as informative... One of the definitive guides to the Munros. -- Press & Journal
WINNER of the HIGHLY COMMENDED Award for Excellence by the Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild in November 2009. The Ultimate Guide to the Munros was described by the judges as: 'Irresistibly funny and useful; an innovatively thought-through guidebook that makes an appetising broth of its wit, experience and visual and literary tools. Brilliant. -- Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild
Book Information
ISBN 9781908373519
Author Ralph Storer
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Luath Press Ltd
Publisher Luath Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 210g
Dimensions(mm) 170mm * 121mm * 11mm