The Black Ridge, 9780008226237
Hardcover
Skye’s haunting, dangerous Cuillin mountains: a journey through history and heights.

The Black Ridge

amongst the cuillin of skye

$69.14

  • Hardcover

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    26 October 2021

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Summary

Skye’s Cuillin: A Journey Through Legend and Stone

‘Will undoubtedly become a classic narrative of this scenically magnificent, legend-rich and geologically unique part of Scotland’ Cameron McNeish, The Herald

Rising a kilometre out of the storm-scoured waters around Scotland’s Isle of Skye is a dark battlement of pinnacles and ridgelines: the Cuillin.

Plagued by ferocious weather and built from rock that tears skin and confounds compasses, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008226237
ISBN-10:0008226237
Author:Simon Ingram
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:William Collins
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:26 October 2021
Weight:830g
Dimensions:240mm x 159mm x 48mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Thrilling’ Guardian

‘Delicious… evokes the weather and the rocks and the people of the Skye I know better than anything else I’ve encountered’ Neil Gaiman

‘An utterly enthralling tale to read. About passion, love, mystery, human nature… an important addition to the canon of mountaineering literature about Skye.’ The Great Outdoors magazine

‘The depth of research is extensive, yet his writing is so poetic that the pages fly by.’ Rosie Morton, Scottish Field

‘A hillwalker’s paean to the Cuillin blends scenery, folklore and wonder … The Skye Cuillin has obviously captured Simon Ingram’s heart and that fact resounds from every page … [The Black Ridge] will undoubtedly become a classic narrative of this scenically magnificent, legend-rich and geologically unique part of Scotland’ Cameron McNeish, The Herald

‘[Ingram’s] Cuillin journey makes riveting reading … It’s unputdownable’ Maggie Fergusson, Spectator

‘Brilliant’ Jamie Collinson, Caught by the River

Praise for Simon Ingram’s Between the Sunset and the Sea:

‘Wonderful’ Clare Balding

‘This is the work of a polymath mountain-lover with a backpack-sized curiosity and the stamina to take notes when most of us would be gasping for breath. It’s not just painstakingly researched, it’s also well written … an intrepid, original book’ The Times

‘A welcome and refreshing addition to the increasingly crowded field of New Nature Writing. Warm, poetic and humane yet shivery with the vertiginous thrill and allure that mountains cast over some of us.’ Stuart Maconie

‘Almost Tolkienian in delivery … Between the Sunset and the Sea turns mountain climbs into a form of poetry.’ BBC Countryfile

‘Rich, thought-provoking and lyrical.’ Scotland Outdoors

‘Accessible and refreshing … written in an engaging style that quickly takes the reader into its confidence. The endearing confession of an authentic mountain addict.’ Country Walking

About The Author

Simon Ingram

Simon Ingram was born in Liverpool. An outdoor journalist and writer for over ten years, he is the editor of Trail, the UK’s bestselling hillwalking magazine. He lives in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

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