Space Below My Feet

ISBN-13: 9781780226323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str.

Gwen Moffat

Opis

In 1945, when Gwen Moffat was in her twenties, she deserted her post as a driver and dispatch rider in the Army and went to live rough in Wales and Cornwall, climbing and living on practically nothing. She hitchhiked her way around, travelling from Skye to Chamonix and many places in between, with all her possessions on her back, although these amounted to little more than a rope and a sleeping bag.When the money ran out, she worked as a forester, went winkle-picking on the Isle of Skye, acted as the helmsman of a schooner, and did a stint as an artist's model. And always there were the mountains, drawing her away from a "proper" job.Throughout this unique story, there are acutely observed accounts of mountaineering exploits as Moffat tackles the toughest climbs and goes on to become Britain's leading female climber and the first woman to qualify as a mountain guide."

Recenzje

As a story of climbing and compulsive love of mountains, SPACE BELOW MY FEET is magnificent OBSERVER

O autorze

Originally published in 1961, this classic mountaineering memoir is being brought back into print to sit alongside other classic mountaineering memoirs on our list by Chris Bonington and Joe Brown. Gwen Moffat was the leading British female climber and the first woman to qualify as a mountain guide. Gwen Moffat was the first woman to qualify as a mountain guide in the UK and is one of the greatest female climbers this country has ever produced. She is also a prolific writer and novelist, with more than 30 books to her name.