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Alfred Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright [1] or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells , published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the ...
A typical page from The Southern Fells, describing an ascent of Pike of Blisco.The diagrams of ascent are perhaps the most innovative feature of the Pictorial Guides. Each of the fells covered by the guides has its own chapter, which normally includes a map of the fell, comprehensive details and 3-dimensional drawings of ascent routes, ridge routes to other fells, routes of descent and a ...
Wainwrights are the 214 English peaks (known locally as fells) described in Alfred Wainwright's seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–66). They all lie within the boundary of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, and all but one (Castle Crag) are over 1,000 feet (304.8 m) in height.
Haystacks was the favourite summit of influential guidebook author Alfred Wainwright. He neglected to name the fell as a whole in his "best half-dozen" at the end of the Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells because of inferior height, but stated that "for beauty, variety and interesting detail, for sheer fascination and unique individuality ...
Hiker and author Alfred Wainwright noted that: "The crest itself is sharp enough for shaving (the former name was razor edge) and can be traversed only à cheval at some risk of damage to tender parts." [4] Sharp Edge Scales Tarn, beneath Sharp Edge on Blencathra. Below Tarn Crags is Scales Tarn, an almost circular waterbody filling a corrie ...
Andrew Nichol was instrumental in keeping the famous writer's books in print in the early 1980s.
The most influential of all such authors was Alfred Wainwright whose Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells series has sold in excess of 2 million copies, [1] being in print continuously since the first volume was published in 1952. Wainwright divided the fells into seven geographical areas, each surrounded by valleys and low passes.
1. Vintage Playmobil. Could be worth: $1,200 Certainly you remember this not-even-close-to-as-good version of Lego. Playmobil is still around today, but if you've got the old Victorian Mansion set ...