Voices from the Hills (eBook)

Pioneering women fell and mountain runners

Steve Chilton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
360 Seiten
Sandstone Press (Verlag)
978-1-914518-20-1 (ISBN)

Infos

'A must read for anyone with a passion for women's equality and sport.' -Sue Anstiss
Voices from the Hills is the story of the barriers encountered by the first female fell runners who fought to participate in the early days of this male-dominated sport. Despite experiencing discouragement and resistance, these women responded with personal courage and self-confidence. Thanks to them, women now compete at traditional fell races, international mountain races and endurance challenges such as the Bob Graham Round in increasing numbers.
Told predominantly through interviews with pioneering female athletes who recount their lives and running careers, this is the story of a fight for equality of opportunity and reward.

Autor

Steve Chilton is the author of four previous books on fell and mountain running, all highly regarded both inside and outside the sport. The first, It's a Hill, Get Over It, won the Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition. He is a long-time member of the Fellrunners Association. He has run in many of the classic fell races, as well as mountain marathons, and has completed the Cuillin Traverse. Now retired from Middlesex University where he was Educational Development Manager, he is also a former Chair of the Society of Cartographers and of the ICA Commission in Neocartography.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2023
• Vorwort: Jasmin Paris
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Ben Nevis • Bob Graham Round • fell runner • Fellrunning • fellrunning books • Finlay Wild • Fiona Wild • Helene Diamantides • hill running • hill running books • Jasmin Paris • Jean Dodds • Joss Naylor • Lake District • Run Like a Girl • Running • running for women • Scotland • trail running books • Tranter Round • Véronique Marot • Wendy Dodds • woman runner • women fellrunners • women in running • women’s hill running • women’s running • women’s running books
• ISBN-10: 1-914518-20-9 / 1914518209
• ISBN-13: 978-1-914518-20-1 / 9781914518201