{"product_id":"richard-askwith-feet-in-the-clouds-2013-paperback","title":"Richard Askwith: Feet in the Clouds [2013] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of 'Best New Writer' - British Sports Publishing Awards.\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 'Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition' - Lakeland Book Awards\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and for the Boardman-Tasker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring insight into one of the oldest extreme sports, and a lyrical tribute to Britain's mountains and the men and women who live among them, this is the definitive story of fell-running\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, this is a complete portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots - in which the point is not fame or fortune but to run the ancient, wild landscape, and to be a hero, if at all, within one's own valley.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Richard Askwith's journey takes him into a 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Along the way, he encounters some of the most prodigious - and unsung - athletes Britain has 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, heroism and the experience of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Askwith, Richard \u0026 Macfarlane, Robert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51577747472723,"sku":"9781781310564","price":14.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51577747439955,"sku":"XG81781310564","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/askwith-richard-macfarlane-robert-richard-askwith-feet-in-the-clouds-2013-paperback-1183371315.jpg?v=1754516136","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/richard-askwith-feet-in-the-clouds-2013-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}