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Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that he might like to go up a few of Britain�s peaks, he rightly asked: isn�t there someone better qualified? Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most arduous � not to mention most beautiful � terrain, and to meet those who live daily in such thin-aired wilds. Climbing the big mountains like Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike and many others besides gave Griff an insight into the passion and devotion our high places inspire � and turned a mountain virgin into a mountaineer. Well almost �
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Mountain, Griff Rhys Jones
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Mountain
- Subtitle
- Exploring Britain's High Places
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Griff Rhys Jones
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 252
- ISBN10
- 0141028718
- ISBN13
- 9780141028712
- Series
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
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- Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that he might like to go up a few of Britain�s peaks, he rightly asked: isn�t there someone better qualified? Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most arduous � not to mention most beautiful � terrain, and to meet those who live daily in such thin-aired wilds. Climbing the big mountains like Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike and many others besides gave Griff an insight into the passion and devotion our high places inspire � and turned a mountain virgin into a mountaineer. Well almost �