Why a Booktrail?
2008: Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin.
Mountain
What you need to know before your trail
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 …
Travel Guide
Mountains around Great Britain
You can tell that Griff didn’t really want to go up these mountains! Shame really as there are some good insights into the way of life that climbing involves. Griff was asked to do this project and he did – and from this came the book and TV show.
Could you climb up any of these mountains? Give Griff his due – even though he was a mountain virgin, he volunteered to climb them!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Mountain
Destination/location: England, Scotland, Wales Author/guide: Griff Rhys Jones Departure Time: 2008
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