8 guides
John Rooke Corbett
The man who gave Scotland’s overlooked 2,500-foot peaks a name: the Corbetts.
Timothy Synge and the 670 Lakeland Summits
Most walkers follow the crowds, but Tim Synge’s list of 670 hills is for those who want the Lake District to themselves.
The Astronomer on the Hill: Getting to Know "Clem" Clements
The astronomer who brought the precision of the stars to the British hills.
Bill Birkett
The Man Who Redefined the Lake District Fells
Joss Naylor: The Shepherd Who Ran Fells Because Farms Don't Pay Themselves
While Wainwright was drawing the routes, Naylor was running them—seventy-two peaks in under twenty-four hours, not for sponsorships or glory, but because he was a working shepherd who happened to be indestructibly fast. He still lives on the same Wasdale farm.
Bob Graham: The Guesthouse Owner Who Ran Forty-Two Peaks in a Day Because He Could
In 1932, a Keswick landlord invented the round that still defines Lakeland fell running—not for fame or funding, just to see if his legs would manage it before he turned forty-three. Now about thirty people a year try to match him, and most of them don't run guesthouses.
Alfred Wainwright
The Man Who Audited the Lake District - A Kendal accountant who turned a mountain obsession into a seven-volume masterpiece.
Sir Hugh Munro
The story of Sir Hugh Munro and the mountain list that shaped Scottish hillwalking.