The Living Mountain - Nan Shepherd - December 2019 Nature plenty of wildlife

plenty of wildlife

Over the space of the weekend

For the past twenty-five years

Rarely have we encountered an author more at home bedding down in a soggy sleeping bag

and above all

The Living Mountain - Nan Shepherd - December 2019 Nature plenty of wildlifeA phenomenal feat of mountain literature, and yardstick by which all others are measured. The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe inspiring. Her