A SOURCE OF CLASSIC MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES
Mountainmere publish a small, timeless collection of mountaineering themed books and new media, with a focus on classic adventure in the English Lake District.
MILLICAN DALTON:
A Search for Romance & Freedom
ISBN-13 / / 978-0954721305
SYNOPSIS / / Millican Dalton's eccentric existence during the first half of the 20th century is often mistaken as a grand parody. However, he really did exist and his amazing life as the modern-day Caveman of Borrowdale and self-styled Professor of Adventure is well chronicled in this established mountaineering biography.
THE CRUX / / £8.99 + Free P&P
SCRATCH & Co.
The Great Cat Expedition
ISBN-13 / / 978-0954721312
SYNOPSIS / /
Molly Lefebure's Scratch & Co., illustrated by A. Wainwright, is a witty send-up of a mountaineering book — complete with "Alpine Club" type characters, hair-breadth rescues and all the tensions and pompous tones of a Himalayan expedition. Join Scratch & Co. on their assault of the H.K.P. — a clearly undisguised Scafell Pike. Suitable for readers from eight to eighty.
THE CRUX / / £11.99 + Free P&P
HIGH HAZARD:
Where Mountaineers are Made
DVD - VIDEO / / PAL FORMAT
SYNOPSIS / /
Stanley Watson's 1935 movie High Hazard was Britain's first complete record of rock climbing. Although faced with scepticism and indifference, he created a picture that professional moviemen were forced to accept. Watson's groundbreaking filming techniques set the standard for which all subsequent mountaineering films had to follow.
THE CRUX / / £5.00 + Free P&P
