Day 22 To The Mountains
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pickIt is apt that I can see off winter in this challenge with a disturbing battle with nature as a grp of English men in 1935 try to conquer the dangerous kanchenjunga. As narrator Stephen struggles with fraternal rivalry the history of the mountain starts to haunt him + as the weather gets worse, the claustrophobia + terror increases. Atmospheric in title + prose.
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While researching and writing this powerful novel, Powers moved to East Tennessee and decided to stay. He opened my eyes and soul to the understanding of how the lives of trees and humans are so deeply intertwined. Pic is highway heading to the Great Smokey #Mountains #SavvySettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
pickI've just finished listening to the beautiful narration by Tilda Swinton. The prose is just exquisite, helping you stand alongside Nan Shepherd as she explores the Cairngorms over her lifetime. As a bonus there's also an hour long summary of Nan Sheperds legacy and influence by Robert Macfarlane
pickThis about the first American women team expedition to Annapurna mountain. This covers all minor details starting from fund raising till the end of summit. Gender bias, conflicts with the sherphas, both mental & physical challenges of the summit are presented in a honest way. The unpredictability of the nature, mystery surrounding the mountain made it mesmerising. Cont…
....Azoides, that clusters like soft sunshine in their lower reaches, cannot live apart from the mountain.
This wasn't easy to narrow down.
Thanks for the tag @squirrelbrain. I think these 21 will stick with me the most.
I'm not going to tag anyone. I'd like to invite anyone who wants to share their #Top21of21 to do so. 😁😉
Original photo: Ali Elliot, Unsplash.
I watched, from the shoulder of Morrone, the Cairngorm mass eddy and sink and rise (as it seemed) like a tossed wreck on a yellow sea. Sky and the wrack of precipice and overhang were confounded together. Now a spar, now a mast, just recognisable as buttress or cornice, tossed for a moment in the boiling sea of cloud.
