The Enchanted Mountains: A Quest in the Pyrenees - Couverture souple

Fedden, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 071955523X ISBN 13 : 9780719555237

Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Robin Fedden's journeys and climbs in the Pyrenees with his companions in the late 1950s evoke the wonder and magnetism of mountains. Our wanderings had something of the idyllic and pastoral. With our contented camps set in the borderland between adundance below and bareness above, we knew no reason to shift them but such as we ourselves suggested: curiosity for a fresh valley, or the impulsion towards a peak whose very shape was unknown to us.;A chance meeting with the enigmatic Don Miguel steers them towards Los Encantados - the Enchanted Mountains. Don Miguel, powerless to accompany them himself, guides them from afar. He tells them of the hidden valleys, of small landmarks to be etched in their memories, of overhangs easily turned by ledges known to shepherds, of false cols, and of beguiling tracks leading nowhere. When they leave the sleeping village of Les before daybreak, headed for the Pic d'Aneto, they are setting out on a quest which will open up to each of them the marvels of the inspiring mountains.; The crumbling palaces of Benasque, the bees and card-players in the Fonda del Sago, the headwaters of the Esero, the mountain inns, the never failing flowers and the new route up the Gran Pic de Colomes, all play their part in this account of exploring in the Pyrenees.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robin Fedden was brought up largely in France. He worked for many years for the National Trust, and travelled extensively in the Middle East. Apart from his love of travel he was also an enthusiastic walker and mountainer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 071955523X
• ISBN 13: 9780719555237
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124
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