# Mountain

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- Authors: [Griff Rhys Jones](https://www.bookquiver.com/griff-rhys-jones)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-06-26

## Description

Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that he might like to go up a few of Britain’s peaks, he rightly asked: isn’t there someone better qualified? Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most arduous – not to mention most beautiful – terrain, and to meet those who live daily in such thin-aired wilds. Climbing the big mountains like Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike and many others besides gave Griff an insight into the passion and devotion our high places inspire – and turned a mountain virgin into a mountaineer. Well almost …

## Editions

### Mountain

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4191-911-9
- Published: 2008-06-26
- Language: en_GB