Basis for documentary, Mountain: Breathtaking Voyage into the Extreme. Combines accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of forays into the wild, high landscapes. Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery, pride of world’s highest places perennially draws adventurers up the most perilous, pristine mountain slopes.
Mountains of the Mind – Amazon
The story begins 3 centuries ago when mountains were feared. In 1700s, attention of science & poetry sparked a passion for mountains. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lord Byron extolled sublime mountain experiences. Macfarlane reflects on the fears, shattering beauty of ice & snow, competition & contemplation of the climb, strange alternate realities of high altitudes. The book magically envelopes us in the allure of mountains at every level.