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I have read Robert MacFarlane's Mountains of the Mind and I am savouring the last couple of chapters of The Wild Places, both of which I highly recommend.

But now what? I am tempted by the Eric Shipton Omnibus and Alain Robert's latest, but what would you recommend and why?

Best regards,

George.

In reply to fingermagic:

Tilman is very good, if you can tune into his sense of humour.

In reply to fingermagic:

Roger Deakin (who inspired MacFarlane):

http://tinyurl.com/5qgded

In reply to fingermagic:

Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez

Findings by Kathleen Jamie

In reply to fingermagic: If you liked Mountains of the mind, try Simon Schama's "Landscape and Memory"

In reply to Doug:

I second 'Landscape & Memory'; if you like something a little more mystical try 'The snow Leopard' by Peter Matthiesson

In reply to fingermagic:

Ninety Degrees North by Fergus Fleming, because it's a well written and intricately detailed history of the development of arctic survival and explanation. Fascinating stuff.

In reply to fingermagic:

Surprised you liked Mountains of the Mind. I found it as dry as an old bone as did several others on here when it's been discussed in the past.
In a spiritual vein the long out of print 'The Mountain Spirit' Tobias/Drasdo is worth a read. A surprisingly cheap copy in the states on Abebooks...http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780879511685/Tobias-Michael/Mounta...

'Findings' mentioned above is OK is a low key sort of way. Not about mountains though.

Probably the best outdoor book I've read of a spiritual bent is 'Desert Solitaire' by Edward Abbey. Then try his essay collections...The Journey Home...Down the River and several others.

The big Abbey novel is 'The Monkey Wrench Gang' which inspired environmentalists to form the radical Earth First movement and introduce 'Monkey Wrenching' into the green agenda.

In reply to Jonno: You found that book by Tobias & Drasdo a good read ? a long time since I've opened the book but my memories are of a few good chapeters & lots of waffling, pretentious rubbish. I guess tastes differ

Other books to consider
Sand country Almanac by Aldo Leopold - not mountains
The Living Mountain by Nan Sheppard (about the Cairngorms)

In reply to Removed User:

Seconded.

"A book of Silence" by Sara Maitland looks interssting - on the Xmas list.

In reply to fingermagic: This may sound silly, but have you read 'The Ascent of Rum Doodle'?

Apart from Rum Doodle, which is obviously worth a read, how about "Mountaineering in Scotland" by WH Murray? MacFarlane refers to WH Murray's books quite a bit in The Wild Places.