
A classic mountaineering memoir by one of the UK's foremost female climbers In 1945 when Gwen Moffat was in her twenties she deserted from her post as a driver & dispatch rider in the Army & went to live rough in Wales & Cornwall climbing & living on practically nothing She hitch-hiked her way around travelling from Skye to Chamonix & many places in between with all her possessions on her back although these amounted to little more than a rope & a sleeping bag When the money ran out she worked as a forester went winkle-picking on the Isle of Skye acted as the helmsman of a schooner & did a stint as an artist's model & always there were the mountains drawing her away from a 'proper' job Throughout this unique story there are acutely observed accounts of mountaineering exploits as Moffat tackles the toughest climbs & goes on to become Britain's leading female climber
- & the first woman to qualify as a mountain guide