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Hamish Brown was the first walker and climber to complete the Munros in a single round. By his own rules he did it self-powered except where ferries were required and with the aid of his trusty fold away bike. The year was 1974, and the roads of Scotland carried only a fraction of the traffic they do today, windmill farms were unheard of, crafting was more vibrant than it is today, and a strong Scottish mountaineering tradition was already established. Four years later Hamish s Mountain Walk appeared and was an immediate success, inspiring not only climbers but also readers fascinated by the history, geology, plant life and lore of one of Europe s most remote and unspoiled regions. Many walkers and authors would follow in Hamish Brown s boot prints, but none could bring the freshness and few could touch the depth of knowledge and experience. Now the book returns, re-imagined in modern fonts, with a new introduction and appendix and with two brilliant full colour plate sections provided by the author from his photography over four decades. This new volume is destined to further inspire and guide new generations of hillwalkers about the Scottish hills in this new era.
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Hamish Brown is a mountaineer, lecturer, photographer and poet who has written or edited a score of books. Born in Colombo, early travels took him to Ireland, Japan and Malaya. He pioneered outdoor education at Braehead School in Fife, later becoming the County Advisor in Outdoor Education. Breaking bounds he set off in 1974 on the challenge of climbing the Munros in a single effort which led to the classic Hamish s Mountain Walk, which covers not only a remarkable feat but delves deeply into every aspect of the country he loves.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I've loved this book since it was first published in 1978. I wore out my 1980 paperback version, regularly taking as holiday reading, annotating it, etc. One of the great things, when it was first published, is that the book was an immediate practical aid to anyone who (like me at the time) was inching their way 'round the Munros. It helped show how a whole chunk of mountains could be grouped together for an occasional massive(say)three week hit. But none of this is to belittle Hamish's original journey, and his information-packed, but charming style. The interesting point was that the book probably served more purposes than he intended, and will still do so.
The reprint is very welcome. Would have been nice if it had come out in hardback, rather than a slightly larger than normal paperback format, but that's just economics, I expect. I find the sets of new colour photos all just a little bland, and regret that the black and whites of the original, many taken on the original Walk, have been dropped. They were somehow more "of their time".
Hamish Brown has written a new introduction. In it he says he has resisted the temptation to tinker with the original text(good), though other than mentioning that they have been dropped, he gives no reason why the original appendices have been deleted. They were very informative, definitely helped placed the walk in its context, and would have been worth the very few pages needed to include them. Just 13 sides. There's now just one appendix ("Corbetts adjacent to Munros") the exact reason for which seems at odds with the decision to drop, say the fantastic bibliography, or fascinating statistics of the Walk, which were included in the original.
If you have never read the original, enjoy this for what it is - a fantastic and (nearly) timeless tale of one man doing what he dearly loves. If, like me, you're upgrading a worn out original, consider perhaps searching out a good second-hand copy of the original edition.
The reprint is very welcome. Would have been nice if it had come out in hardback, rather than a slightly larger than normal paperback format, but that's just economics, I expect. I find the sets of new colour photos all just a little bland, and regret that the black and whites of the original, many taken on the original Walk, have been dropped. They were somehow more "of their time".
Hamish Brown has written a new introduction. In it he says he has resisted the temptation to tinker with the original text(good), though other than mentioning that they have been dropped, he gives no reason why the original appendices have been deleted. They were very informative, definitely helped placed the walk in its context, and would have been worth the very few pages needed to include them. Just 13 sides. There's now just one appendix ("Corbetts adjacent to Munros") the exact reason for which seems at odds with the decision to drop, say the fantastic bibliography, or fascinating statistics of the Walk, which were included in the original.
If you have never read the original, enjoy this for what it is - a fantastic and (nearly) timeless tale of one man doing what he dearly loves. If, like me, you're upgrading a worn out original, consider perhaps searching out a good second-hand copy of the original edition.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have to say I don't agree with T Phillips - I think the new photographs are beautiful and enhance the book. I don't think anything is lost really - it's wonderful to have this text again refreshed and with the new introduction.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hamish Brown has reproofed his most famous book, correcting some of the spellings and even a few minor points in the text. Added to this he has provided two brilliant sections of colour photographs from over forty years of photography in the hills. His new introduction shines a backlight on the book's uplifting and inspiring effect on hillwalkers and mountaineers, and takes a look into the future. Sandstone Press has done a truly great job by not simply reprinting the book but also setting it in a modern font and serving it up in what they describe as a re-imagining. This is the definitive version of the greatest hill book ever written and it is set to inspire new generations. If you care about the hills, the environment, the outdoors and outdoor education, and the whole Munro and Munro-Compleatist shebang, don't miss this.
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