Lonely Hills and Wilderness Trails

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Published by David & Charles, 2000, 1st Edition, D/w, Fine.   Award-winning author Gilbert ‘enthuses over wild, remote mountain country, and takes us from the Yukon and the Wind River Mountains to the Alps, Caucasus and Himalayas.  Yet, above all, he is inspired by the incomparable Highlands and Islands.’  Best known as the author and compiler of the best-selling Big Walks, Classic Walks and Wild Walks trilogy, Gilbert taught at Ampleforth College and, from there, led the first ever school expedition to the Himalayas in 1977.  He ‘compleated’ the Munros in 1971.