Ed Douglas is a prize-winning writer about mountains whose books include Himalaya: A Human History, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tenzing Norgay. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He has been a climber for forty-five years and was for a decade the editor of mountaineering’s oldest publication, the Alpine Journal. He lives in Sheffield.

Glorious . . . a beguiling history . . . Ed Douglas's achievement in this excellent book is to return a proper sense of colour and even carnival to Britain's high places . . The truth is that mountains have shaped much of our island story . . . One delight of his capacious . . . narrative is the room it leaves for delightful cameos by remarkable individuals

Ed Douglas is a prize-winning writer about mountains whose books include Himalaya: A Human History, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tenzing Norgay. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He has been a climber for forty-five years and was for a decade the editor of mountaineering’s oldest publication, the Alpine Journal. He lives in Sheffield.

Glorious . . . a beguiling history . . . Ed Douglas's achievement in this excellent book is to return a proper sense of colour and even carnival to Britain's high places . . The truth is that mountains have shaped much of our island story . . . One delight of his capacious . . . narrative is the room it leaves for delightful cameos by remarkable individuals

Ed Douglas is a prize-winning writer about mountains whose books include Himalaya: A Human History, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tenzing Norgay. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He has been a climber for forty-five years and was for a decade the editor of mountaineering’s oldest publication, the Alpine Journal. He lives in Sheffield.

Glorious . . . a beguiling history . . . Ed Douglas's achievement in this excellent book is to return a proper sense of colour and even carnival to Britain's high places . . The truth is that mountains have shaped much of our island story . . . One delight of his capacious . . . narrative is the room it leaves for delightful cameos by remarkable individuals