The Living Mountain (signed edition)

Nan Shepherd travelled to countries around the world and yet it was the Cairngorms that endlessly inspired her and captured her imagination. Exploring alone or with friends, in sunshine or snow, by day, dusk or night, over the years Shepherd gained an intimate knowledge of this wondrous landscape, which lives and breathes through her captivating and meditative prose. From the splendour of Ben MacDhui’s towering summit, to the ancient fir trees of Glen Quoich, Shepherd’s inspiring connection with nature and vivid descriptions of one of the oldest and wildest landscapes in the British Isles remains one of the greatest works of nature writing to this day. However, The Living Mountain is so much more than striking observances on the landscape. Shepherd delves deeper to reflect on our relationship with nature, encouraging us to not simply walk up a mountain, but rather to ‘walk into it’, in order to truly explore our place within the natural world and ultimately to question ourselves.