Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“Most works of mountaineering literature have been written by men, and most male mountaineers are focused on the summit… But to aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain, nor is a narrative of siege and assault the only way to write about one.”</p><p>—Robert Macfarlane on the beauty & urgency of Nan Shepherd’s THE LIVING MOUNTAIN</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/robert-macfarlane-on-the-beauty-and-urgency-of-nan-shepherds-the-living-mountain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/robert-macfarlane-o</span><span class="invisible">n-the-beauty-and-urgency-of-nan-shepherds-the-living-mountain/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/20thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/womenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cairngorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cairngorms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hillwalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hillwalking</span></a></p>