http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "The Living Mountain" BBC2 2/12 en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:35:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-180165 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:01:56 +0000 jdanielp 180165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you liked The Living Mountain, you may also enjoy The Epic of Everest which is a BFI-restored documentary about the 1924 expedition, currently also available on iPlayer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-180160 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:44:07 +0000 Cyclingmollie 180160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Iwrats: <em>"the pleasure of the wine is increased tenfold by sharing it on a bleak mountain"</em></p> <p>Hairy mountaineer on top of Ben Narnain to me drinking from a flask: "Do you want a dram in that?"<br /> Me: "No thanks, it's tomato soup". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-180136 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 15:22:55 +0000 minus six 180136@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>one day left for this on the iplayer</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04tqk1n/secret-knowledge-12-the-living-mountain-a-cairngorms-journey" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04tqk1n/secret-knowledge-12-the-living-mountain-a-cairngorms-journey</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-178676 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:53:32 +0000 paddyirish 178676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just bought the book and am half way through - it is a gem. The edition I have (Canons) has an introduction by Robert Macfarlane which is almost as long as the book itself, which reflects others' comments above.</p> <p>Her collected prose works are also available in my local Blackwells for £16.99 - maybe I should have bought that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174714 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:40:31 +0000 fimm 174714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looking forward to seeing the programme, assuming it has recorded correctly!</p> <p>The first time I went backpacking with the mountaineering club, I was shocked when I found that everyone but me had lugged alcohol over several Munros. I still don't see the point of anything beyond a wee bit of whisky in a flask. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174712 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:19:49 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cb</p> <p>I got the distinct impression she was a stoner. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174711 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:09:50 +0000 cb 174711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does Nan's book mention if she tended to get tanked up on whiskey or red wine? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174705 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:49:28 +0000 kaputnik 174705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>but the pleasure of the wine is increased tenfold by sharing it on a bleak mountain.</em></p> <p>Ah, the effects of altitude </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174703 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:48:58 +0000 steveo 174703@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>ridiculously fine wine </em></p> <p>Weight weenie here, I stick to whisky... Saves space for the big camera. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174702 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:47:13 +0000 mnd 174702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For anyone interested there was a gorgeous radio programme on the very same subject about a year ago, also with Robert Macfarlane, that was really evocative (more so than the TV doc, for me at least): <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174699 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:41:18 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a pre-expedition ceremony involving decanting ridiculously fine wine into a screw-top plastic lemonade bottle. The purists label me a madman, but the pleasure of the wine is increased tenfold by sharing it on a bleak mountain. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174695 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:31:02 +0000 steveo 174695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats basically the only way to get to sleep in a bivvy bag... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174694 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:29:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I would expand that to don't really know any mountain until you bivvy on it."</p> <p>And I would expand that to don't really know any mountain until you bevvy on it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174691 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:24:26 +0000 steveo 174691@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I was very pleased with the notion that you don't really know any mountain until you sleep on it.</em></p> <p>I would expand that to don't really know any mountain until you bivvy on it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174690 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:17:10 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dialled this up on the telescreen last night. We were both a bit distracted by the inevitable game of Spot That Crag but the book will be ordered and expeditions to the vast featureless plateau organised.</p> <p>I was very pleased with the notion that you don't really know any mountain until you sleep on it. I agree with that wholeheartedly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174683 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:58:04 +0000 jdanielp 174683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watched and enjoyed last night. I've also read "The Old Ways" and Macfarlane's "The Wild Places", both of which were good, if perhaps a little overwritten. "The Living Mountain" is more direct/less pretentious as I remember. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174580 Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:41:38 +0000 Stickman 174580@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just bought a copy for my kindle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174555 Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:16:39 +0000 kaputnik 174555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We watched this, I think I will be among the many people now sourcing a copy of Nan's book to read. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174523 Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:46:34 +0000 AKen 174523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The presenter of this programme, Robert Macfarlane, had also written a book - 'The Old Ways', that may be interesting to anyone who enjoys walking in the Cairngorms (or walking generally, as it also includes sections on walks in England, the Western Isles, the West Bank, Spain and Tibet).</p> <p>Cycling link - he falls off his bike at one point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174457 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:19:40 +0000 Ed1 174457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I always like going walking the Cairngorms with my tent, will have to watch this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174450 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:27:19 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver</p> <p>I'll dial this up on Thursday night, causing Madame IWRATS to insist on an expedition to climb Sgòr an Lochain Uaine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174446 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:13:26 +0000 crowriver 174446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watched a bit of this last night. Worth a view if on iPlayer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174381 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:07:00 +0000 I were right about that saddle 174381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I read an online summary that made me think I was her disciple without knowing it.</p> <p>I love the hills, but have never much cared for summits. I'd happily let all of the Munroes out of the bag. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174378 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:56:46 +0000 jdanielp 174378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the heads up. I read the book a few years ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14046#post-174338 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:37:39 +0000 Stickman 174338@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not cycling related, but the walkers amongst you may want to watch this on iplayer. </p> <p>A nice programme about Nan Sheperd and her book "The Living Mountain" with some stunning filming in the Cairngorms. </p> <p>I'd not heard of her before but the show has made me want to read the book and also get out into the hills this weekend. </p>