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More than just a guidebook, this collection of big days in wild mountains is a visual feast and an inspiring celebration of what makes hill running so special, says Rob Greenwood. The year has barely started, and it's already won the title of his favourite book of 2025...!

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The cover photo looks really weird, though. Like some botched up photoshop job. Bad dodging and burning around the figure? The rest looks really nice, so this is pretty perplexing.

Don't take me wrong – it does sound like a lovely book – it's just as somebody photography‑minded it kept nagging me! Maybe the cover looks better in print

Well Rob, I'm certainly tempted to add this to my coming birthday list. But Mrs K will undoubtedly say "not another climbing book!"

Whether or not she'll buy this as an excuse, but it's definitely not another climbing book 😂

Probably caused by lifting the shadows/over-sharpening in editing software - easily fixed. 

I like the cover - high key-ish/bright - there is a trend toward that look, and away from moody instagram 'tones'.

More likely the dread clarity which is a like a wide radius unsharp mask in that it brightens the dark side of an edge and darkens the bright side. Fine on most things, not on a continuous tone, high key background. Makes it pop though! (I hate that word)

Similar here>>> the pale bright look.. https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/02/spectre_8b_for_brooke_raboutou-7390...