Black Cuillin, The

The Black Cuillin, the most rugged mountain range in the UK, forms a continuous chain of narrow ridges, jagged pinnacles and wild, ice-scoured corries around the basin of Loch Coruisk in Skye. This new and exhaustive history of climbing in these hills covers the discoveries and exploits of the pioneers, for whom even the ascent of a single peak was a formidable prospect, to the athletic rock climbers of more recent generations who flock to these beautiful and challenging mountains.