Telling of the author's lifetime among mountains, this book's themes are the wildlife, the vanished people and the conservation of mountains for their own sake. Jim Crumley presents the argument that there is so much more to the experience of being among mountains than mere mountaineering. Jim Crumley is the author of "A High and Lonely Place", "Glencoe - Monarch of Glens" (with photographer Colin Baxter) and "Waters of the Wild Swan".