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Climbing Days Hardcover – January 1, 1981

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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Faber & Faber
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 1981
  4. Dimensions
    5.63 x 1.26 x 8.74 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    057131192X
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0571311927
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Faber & Faber; UK ed. edition (January 1, 1981)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 057131192X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0571311927
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.63 x 1.26 x 8.74 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Dan Richards

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Dan Richards' first book, Holloway, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane & illustrated by Stanley Donwood, was published by Faber in 2013.

The Beechwood Airship Interviews (HarperCollins, 2015) explored the creative process, head-spaces and workplaces of some of Britain’s most celebrated artists, craftsman and technicians including Bill Drummond, Dame Judi Dench, Jenny Saville, Manic Street Preachers, Jane Bown & Stewart Lee.

Climbing Days (Faber 2016) saw Dan set out on the trail of his pioneering great-great-aunt and uncle, Dorothy Pilley & I.A. Richards. Following in the pair's foot and hand-holds, he travelled across Europe, using Dorothy’s 1935 mountaineering memoir as a guide. Ending up atop the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais.

Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth (Canongate, 2019) is an exploration of the appeal and pull of far-flung shelters in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans and deserts; landscapes and which have long inspired adventurers, pilgrims, writers, and artists.

Overnight — a book exploring the nocturnal operations which sustain, repair and protect the world whilst most of us are asleep, is set to be published by Canongate in 2025.

Only After Dark, a BBC Radio 4 series with a similar focus to Overnight, is set to air in December 2022.

Dan has written about travel, landscape, and art for various newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, Economist, and Monocle.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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John Paul Russo
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliantly conceived, beautifully composed
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017
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As lively and inviting a narrative as his great-great aunt's classic of high mountaineering of the same title; brilliantly conceived, beautifully composed.
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Jean Mackintosh
5.0 out of 5 stars A book written with love
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2018
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This is a book written with love: for climbing and the mountains, for a long-lost relative and for all the characters Richards encounters in this absorbing story. Slowly, the fascinating character of Richards' great great aunt appears, first flickering like a hologram as she leaps 'crevasses in the dark' in World War One Wales, gradually becoming flesh as her extraordinary achievements as a mountaineer come to light. In the days when 'nice' young women were not even allowed out without a chaperone, Richards' great great aunt Dorothy Pilley defied convention, packed her knickerbockers and ice axes in her trunk and set out to conquer some of the greatest peaks in the Alps and beyond. Richards follows Pilley's footsteps from Wales to the Lake District and finally the Alps as he learns about climbing and comradeship in the face of mortal danger. Pilley's indomitable spirit shines through this perceptive and sensitive work, as does Richards' love for the mountains and the wild, where, free from social constraints we can truly be ourselves.
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Matt Dawson
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2019
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Not quite what I expected but really enjoyed it. It's in many ways a book about the process of writing a book and Richards gives a fascinating insight into the creative process, adding seemingly everything that's inspired him while on his journey to learn more about his Great Aunt. The best bits for me were the attempts to climb the alpine peak that his Great Aunt had made a first ascent on. For those interested mostly in the climbing aspect it covers nicely the way this world spreads from the mountains of Snowdonia to the Lakes and Highlands and then out towards the Alps and Himalayas.
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