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Not cycling related, but the walkers amongst you may want to watch this on iplayer.
A nice programme about Nan Sheperd and her book "The Living Mountain" with some stunning filming in the Cairngorms.
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.
Thanks for the heads up. I read the book a few years ago.
I read an online summary that made me think I was her disciple without knowing it.
I love the hills, but have never much cared for summits. I'd happily let all of the Munroes out of the bag.
Watched a bit of this last night. Worth a view if on iPlayer.
@crowriver
I'll dial this up on Thursday night, causing Madame IWRATS to insist on an expedition to climb Sgòr an Lochain Uaine.
I always like going walking the Cairngorms with my tent, will have to watch this.
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).
Cycling link - he falls off his bike at one point.
We watched this, I think I will be among the many people now sourcing a copy of Nan's book to read.
I've just bought a copy for my kindle.
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.
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.
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.
I was very pleased with the notion that you don't really know any mountain until you sleep on it.
I would expand that to don't really know any mountain until you bivvy on it.
"I would expand that to don't really know any mountain until you bivvy on it."
And I would expand that to don't really know any mountain until you bevvy on it.
Thats basically the only way to get to sleep in a bivvy bag...
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.
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): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mfndd
ridiculously fine wine
Weight weenie here, I stick to whisky... Saves space for the big camera.
but the pleasure of the wine is increased tenfold by sharing it on a bleak mountain.
Ah, the effects of altitude
Does Nan's book mention if she tended to get tanked up on whiskey or red wine?
@cb
I got the distinct impression she was a stoner.
Looking forward to seeing the programme, assuming it has recorded correctly!
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.
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.
Her collected prose works are also available in my local Blackwells for £16.99 - maybe I should have bought that.
one day left for this on the iplayer
Iwrats: "the pleasure of the wine is increased tenfold by sharing it on a bleak mountain"
Hairy mountaineer on top of Ben Narnain to me drinking from a flask: "Do you want a dram in that?"
Me: "No thanks, it's tomato soup".
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.
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