Books
Book review: Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles by Chris Townsend
Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles:Hiking the Pacific Crest Trailby Chris Townsend Chris Townsend is one of the world’s leading authorities on backpacking. He’s been doing it for a long time and has written many books on the subject. In fact, his Backpacker’s Handbook was a major source
Book review: The Walk Up Nameless Ridge by Hugh Howey
The Walk Up Nameless Ridge by Hugh Howey The Walk Up Nameless Ridge is a short story by science fiction writer Hugh Howey, best known for the post-apocalyptic series Wool. Mountaineering fiction is an obscure genre at the best of times so it was with some surprise that I learned
The Terror by Dan Simmons — Book Review
The Terror by Dan SimmonsBook review by Alex Roddie I discovered this book purely by chance. Someone on Twitter recommended I read The Abominable by Dan Simmons, but after reading the sample I found myself downloading The Terror instead. (The Abominable remains on my reading list.) This is a very
How Not to Self-Publish by Rosen Trevithick — book review
How Not to Self-PublishThe Totally Splendid Hotshot Author’s Survival Guideby Rosen Trevithick I have published my review of Rosen Trevithick’s very funny new book over on the Pinnacle Editorial blog. You can read it here. Author’s note: From now on, all blog posts on the subject of
The Heretic by Lucas Bale – book review
The Heretic(Book One of the Beyond the Wall series)by Lucas Bale This blog tends to have a fairly narrow focus — mountains, 19th century history, books about those subjects, and my own writing — but on special occasions I break the trend and write about something different. This is one
Last Hours on Everest by Graham Hoyland: book review
Last Hours on Everest:The Gripping Story of Mallory & Irvine’s Fatal Ascentby Graham Hoyland It’s customary to begin reviews of Everest books with the phrase “Much has been written on this subject.” Well, much has indeed been written regarding George Mallory and Mount Everest, but as I
Book Spotlight – Last Hours on Everest by Graham Hoyland
Last Hours on Everest:The Gripping Story of Mallory & Irvine’s Fatal Ascentby Graham HoylandI came home from work to an eagerly anticipated package today. It contained an advance copy of Graham Hoyland’s new book, Last Hours on Everest, which has been available in hardback for a while
The Summits of Modern Man by Peter Hansen: Book Review
The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenmentby Peter H. Hansen I actually started reading this remarkable book some months ago. It’s a bit of a monster, so to make it more manageable I broke it down into chunks. This book is a marathon, not a sprint – and
The Mounth Passes by Neil Ramsay and Nate Pedersen: book review
The Mounth Passes: A Heritage Guide to the Old Ways through the Grampian Mountains by Neil Ramsay and Nate Pedersen (Kindle) This slim ebook came to my attention through the Scotways Twitter account. Scotways is one of the oldest outdoor access organisations in the country, established in 1845 to help
Mountain Classics – The Mountain Men by Alan Hankinson
The Mountain Men: A History of Early Rock Climbing in North Wales by Alan Hankinson This series of articles showcases gems of mountain literature, both established classics and more esoteric titles. Alan Hankinson was one of the UK’s foremost scholars of British mountaineering history. He published a number of