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- @deeringrob @paultonkinson 'A beautifully written, potted history of fell-running and famouse fell-runners. Definitely worth a peep!'
( Country Walking)
'Imagine how strange it feels not only to have read a book about fell-running, but to have enjoyed it so much that I am now contemplating trying the sport myself...a lovely little book'. Annalisa Barbieri, New Statesman
(Annalisa Barbieri New Statesman)
‘A minor masterpiece.’ Sports Book of the Week
(Frank Graham The Sunday Times)
‘A rousingly readable chronicle... The book wants for nothing in terms of rhythm and drama and tug.’
(Christopher Bray The Sunday Times)
‘Sports book of the season - a terrific story of fell-running and obsession.’
(Blake Morrison Guardian)
‘[An] excellent book.’
(James Eve The Times)
‘One of the most effervescent books about anything - never mind fell-running - that I have ever read.’
(Dave Jones Fellrunner)
Review
'From the birthplace of trail running, comes the tales of what it means to follow the path. The pure essence of trail running, infectious and captivating. Askwith will motivate you to climb a hill and scream down it, mud, stones and all!'
(SCOTT JUREK, international best selling author of Eat and Run)
From the Publisher
Winner of the National Sporting Club's Best New Writer Award, shortlisted for the Boardman-Tasker Award and shortlisted for the William Hill Award.
From the Back Cover
When it was first published, in 2004, Feet in the Clouds was scarcely noticed outside the world of fell-running - an esoteric sport largely confined to the north of Britain - and was even sold out of the back of a van at fell races. But, as more and more people have discovered the joys of distance running, it has been recognised as a classic exploration of an extreme sport acclaimed by runners, mountaineers, hikers and adventure sports enthusiasts.
Richard Askwith's journey takes him into the world of forbidding rockscapes, horizontal rain, fear, exhaustion and stunning natural beauty, as well as his own attempt at one of the purest and toughest challenges imaginable: the Bob Graham Round, the sport's traditional test of 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours.
In the process he encounters some of the most prodigious - and unsung - athletes Britain has ever produced, such as Joss Naylor, who covered the equivalent of four Everests in a single run. Gripping, funny and moving, this is a story that any aspiring runner, endurance athlete or mountain-lover will understand well: of extremity, heorism and the experience of a lifetime.