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At age sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and his grandfather's footsteps and became a miner -- one of the last recruits into a dying world.
Every day he would descend 3,500 feet into the Grimethorpe pit. But at weekends, Andy inhabited a very different world -- thousands of feet above the pitheads of the colliery. Introduced to his local mountaineering club while a miner, he soon learned to cherish this newfound freedom. Living through the coalminer's strikes of the mid-eighties -- the guilt, the broken friendships, the poverty -- Andy continued to indulge his passion, and in...

In 1997, Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas, having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend and climbing partner in the process. Traumatized by the savage ordeal, he must examine his relationship with the mountains that have defined his life so far.

The corporate takeover of democracy is no conspiracy theory - it's happening, and it affects every aspect of our lives. This book shows just how effectively the voice of public interest is being drowned out by the word in the ear from the professional persuaders of the lobbying industry.