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Just Another Mountain Sarah Jane Douglas

Just Another Mountain By Sarah Jane Douglas

Just Another Mountain by Sarah Jane Douglas


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Summary

An uplifting memoir from a strong female voice that shows the redemptive power of mountain walking

Just Another Mountain Summary

Just Another Mountain: A Memoir by Sarah Jane Douglas

Shortlisted for Travel Memoir Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 / Shortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year, The Great Outdoor Awards 2019; In 1997, at the age of 24, Sarah lost her mother to breast cancer. Alone and adrift in the world, she very nearly gave up hope - but she'd made a promise to her mother that she would keep going no matter what. So she turned to the beautiful, dangerous, forbidding mountains of her native Scotland.; By walking in her mother's footsteps, she learns to accept her own troubled past, finding the strength to overcome her grief - and, ultimately, to carry on in the face of her own diagnosis twenty years later.; Searingly honest and utterly relatable, bringing the exhilarating triumphs and challenges of mountain walking to life with wit, charm and raw candour, Just Another Mountain is a story of hope and redemption, of a mother and a daughter, and of how we can learn both to live and to love. Sometimes all you can do is put one foot in front of the other . . . and just keep walking.

Just Another Mountain Reviews

"Honest, raw and beautifully written, this uplifting memoir is testament that in life there are times when there is nothing for it but to scale that mountain" -- The Herald Best Summer Reads 2019; `I loved Just Another Mountain . . . It's a really good read' - Lorraine Kelly; `An inspiring book for anyone facing challenges. And a heartfelt reminder that only some mountains look like mountains' - Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs and Wild Signs and Star Paths; `A beautifully written book . . . a powerful message and a thrilling conclusion to a seemingly unachievable goal' - Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows; `A story of love and loss and of the redemptive power of mountains, in particular the incomparable mountains of Scotland' - Stephen Venables, mountaineer and writer; "An excellent memoir ... vivid and honest ... so much more than just a book about walking and climbing in the mountains. Quite frankly it's heart-breaking at times. Sarah Jane Douglas writes beautifully, her descriptive passages of what she sees and experiences on the mountains are some of the best I've read" - read-warbler.blogspot.com

About Sarah Jane Douglas

Sarah Jane Douglas writes the popular blog 'Smashing Cancer in the Face'. She is an artist and former teacher who lives with her two teenage sons in an old fishing village on the northeast coast of Scotland, is a lover of mountains and is proud to be Munroist number 5764. This is her first book.

Table of Contents

Contents; Foreword by Sir Chris Bonington xi; Prologue xiii; Phase One: Following Footsteps; One: The Hills Are Calling: Meall a' Bhuachaille - The Shepherd's Hill, April 2008 3; Two: Coincidence or Fate: Back to Bhuachaille, May 2008/Bynack More - The Big Cap, May 2008 13; Three: Doomed Champagne and Mountain Magic: Beinn Eighe - The File Hill, June 2008 27; Four: Cheating Myself: Ben Wyvis - The Hill of Terror, July 2008 45; Five: Becoming a Woman with a Plan: Beinn Alligin - The Jewelled Hill, August 2008 61; Six: Divergent Paths: Meall Fuar-mhonaidh - The Cold Rounded Hill, February 2010 71; Phase Two: Troubled Tracks; Seven: Keep Them Close: Nakara, Tanzania, June 2010 85; Eight: Where the Wind Blows: Naro Moru Gate to Simba Camp, 2,650 metre/Simba Camp to Kikelewa, 3,678 metres, June 2010 93; Nine: Where There's a Will There's a Way:Kikelewa to Mawenzi Tarn, 4,295 metres/Mawenzi to Kibo, 4,700 metres, June 2010 101; Ten: Hell on Earth: Kibo to Uhuru Peak, 5,895 metres, June 2010 113; Eleven: Dead Loss: Horombo Huts, 3,720 metres, June 2010 127; Twelve: Peaks and Troughs: The North Glen Shiel Ridge, June 2011 133; Thirteen: A Hatch and Despatch: Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich and Lurg Mhor, October 2011 149; Fourteen: Slippery Slopes: Near Fersit, January 2012 161; Phase Three: Steps in the Sunshine; Fifteen: One Thing Leads to Something Else 173; Sixteen: Protecting Next of Kin 181; Seventeen: History Repeats Itself: Fisherfield, July 2013 195; Eighteen: Dark Horse: The Inaccessible Pinnacle, September 2013 203; Nineteen: Walking on Air: Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag - the Big Ridge and the Little Ridge, April 2014 213; Twenty: Early Illness: Kathmandu, Lukla and on to Monjo, 2-4 May 2014 221; Twenty-one: Onwards and Upwards:To Namche, Thyangboche, Dingboche, 5-7 May 2014 231; Twenty-two: Deliverance: Chukhung, 9-10 May 2014 247; Epilogue: Homeward Bound: Ben Nevis - The Venomous Mountain, July 2015 257; Postscript 263; Acknowledgements 267; Index 269

Additional information

GOR009877027
9781783964192
1783964197
Just Another Mountain: A Memoir by Sarah Jane Douglas
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Elliott & Thompson Limited
2019-06-20
288
Short-listed for Outdoor Book of the Year, Outdoor Book Awards 2019 Short-listed for Travel Memoir of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2020
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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