The Living Mountain - Nan Shepherd - December 2019 Nature For the past twenty-five years

For the past twenty-five years

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The Living Mountain - Nan Shepherd - December 2019 Nature For the past twenty-five yearsA phenomenal feat of mountain literature, and yardstick by which all others are measured. The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe inspiring. Her