Active outdoor pursuits

'A wonderful, personal book.

WINNER OF THE OUTDOOR WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS GUILD: OUTDOOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016'Those who decry peak bagging as mere list ticking fail to understand the commitment challenge and pleasure involved.

The Round is not only a history of the Bob Graham Round, but also an exploration of the what, why and how of this classic fell endurance challenge.

As probably the world's most experienced long distance walker who also writes, Chris Townsend has many stories to tell and many photographs with which to illustrate them.

A book about developments in walking and walk-performance for enthusiasts, practitioners, students and academics.

Hamish Brown's account of his epic walk has been the inspiration for generations of hillwalkers.

To Ride the Mountain Winds, possibly the first history of aerial mountaineering to span the whole period from the 18th century to the present day, is written for everyone interested in the history of mountaineering and also those interested in the history of aviation and the limits to which pilots have pushed their machines and their skills.

An inspirational read that will take you to one of the last great frontiers, the mighty Mt McKinley, and an expedition that not only challenged a team of British Mountaineers both physically, mentally and morally, but a trip that nearly cost them their lives.

In 1999 British mountaineer Nigel Vardy lost all his toes, fingertips and suffered severe heel damage trapped overnight in a savage, life-threatening storm below the summit of Mt.

When Dominic Gill set out from Alaska on his bicycle, it was to be no ordinary ride.

In the spring of 1892, Frank G.

Walk Like a Mountain is the definitive guide to walking as Buddhist practice, not just for the serious practitioner but for anyone who wants to bring more contemplative depth to their everyday walks.

You will have built up for yourselves a wonderful store of memories which will not leave you as long as you live: memories of sun and wind, of the songs of birds, the patter of rain upon the leaves and the smell of the warm, wet earth: memories of white, dusty roads, clear streams and cool, shady places: perhaps, too, of dark clouds and great winds: but, most of all, you know that you will remember the sparks rising from your camp fire and the small circle of flickering light keeping the darkness at bay.

"e;Coles is a true original.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAROn 1 April 2011, rower and adventurer Sarah Outen set off in her kayak from Tower Bridge for France.

Duncan's curiosity has got him into a lot of tight spots - quite literally!

The West Highland Way is Scotland's first official Long Distance Route and runs near 100 miles from Milngavie to Fort William.

How many people have looked at a map of the Highlands and been intrigued and yet, at the same time, felt excluded by the wealth and strangeness of the place names recorded?

Built in the years AD122-30 by order of the Emperor Hadrian 'to separate Romans from Barbarians', Hadrian's Wall was 73 miles long, running from Wallsend-on-Tyne to Bowness on the Solway Firth.

Hillwalking is a way of life for Robin Howie, whose name is very well-known in Scottish hillwalking circles and whose knowledge of the Scottish high tops is second to none.

Following the success of the first edition, this new edition has been expanded and improved with additional images and enhanced drawings.

The Joy of Climbing is the result of a search through Britain, Europe and America for the esoteric gems at the easier end of climbing.

This is the engrossing story of the seasons the author spent climbing 4000m mountains in the different regions of the Alps.

In this stunning large-format book, British mountaineer Alan Hinkes describes for the first time in one place his experiences of climbing all 14 of the peaks over 8000m: the world's highest mountains, in the Himalaya and Karakoram.

An inspirational larger format book providing an overview of 20 memorable treks in the Himalaya.

An inspirational larger format book describing 20 memorable treks in the Himalaya.

Alpine expert Kev Reynolds has spent fifty years exploring mountain landscapes and thirty writing about his experiences.

The Corbetts (Scotland's 2500-2999ft mountains) are every bit as interesting as the Munros (3000ft and over), often clear when the Munros are in cloud, walkable on short winter days, free of the peak-bagging crowds of their taller neighbours.

This walking guidebook to Highland Perthshire has over 80 graded routes which explore the ridges, plateaus, glens and woodland of highland Perthshire.

The 38 summer day walking routes in this guidebook explore the renowned Stelvio National Park in the Italian Rhaetian Alps.

A guidebook to 30 walks in five beautiful glens located south of the Cairngorms National Park in north-east Scotland.

A walking guidebook to the Forest of Dean Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

This walking guidebook describes 42 day routes exploring the stunning Auvergne region in central France.

This guidebook describes 23 walking routes across the 120km-long Karavanke mountain range, which forms a natural border between Austria and Slovenia.

An inspirational guidebook to 50 great walks throughout the Pennines.

This guidebook describes two popular hut-to-hut treks in Austria's Zillertal Alps.

This comprehensive guidebook to navigation with a map and compass, but also with advice about using GPS and digital mapping systems, aims to help readers make the most of their outdoor experiences by learning how to use the map compass correctly.

A guide to walking in the Cordillera Cantabrica mountains in northern Spain - one of Spain's premier ranges - including detailed descriptions of 60 routes spread around the whole of this magnificent mountain chain.

A guidebook to 38 day walks in Italys Stelvio National Park.

A guidebook presenting 90 routes visiting 109 of Scotlands Corbetts (mountains between 2500 and 2999ft).

A guidebook to 25 day walks in the Forest of Dean.

A guidebook to 42 day walks in the Auvergne.

A guidebook to 21 day walks and 2 multi-day treks in Slovenias Karavanke.

An inspirational large-format guidebook describing 50 walks in the Pennine mountains.

A guide to four multi-day hut-to-hut trekking routes in Austria's Hohe Tauern region.

The 66 via ferrata routes in this guidebook are grouped by area - Geneva and the Northern Alps, Chambery, the Tarentaise and Maurienne valleys, Grenoble and Briancon - and run the full gamut of challenge, from very easy, protected routes suitable for children, through to extremely exposed and technical routes for experienced ferratists only.