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
Autorentext
Autorentext
Griff Rhys Jones was born in 1953. He was educated at Brentwood School and Cambridge University. On the way to becoming a writer, he worked as a security guard, a petrol pump attendant and a television star. Griff is the author of To the Baltic with Bob and Semi-Detached. His TV credits include Not The Nine o' Clock News, Alas Smith and Jones, Restoration and Three Men in a Boat.
Titel
Mountain
Untertitel
Exploring Britain's High Places
Autor
EAN
9780141919119
ISBN
978-0-14-191911-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
26.06.2008
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
8.77 MB
Anzahl Seiten
256
Jahr
2008
Untertitel
Englisch
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