Waymaking: An anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art

The Jon Whyte Award, Banff Mountain Book Competition 2019 was won by Mountain Literature (Non Fiction) for "Waymaking," an anthology of prose, poetry, and artwork by women inspired by wild places, adventure, and landscape. The book showcases the legacy of pioneering women like Gwen Moffat and Nan Shepherd, who wrote about wilderness not as conquest but as a way of life, and encourages readers to engage their senses and connect with nature. Contributions from adventurers further enhance the significance of this inspiring and pivotal work.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 296 pages
\n Publication date: 04 October 2018
\n Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing Ltd
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Winner: Mountain Literature (Non Fiction)
The Jon Whyte Award, Banff Mountain Book Competition 2019

Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry, and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure, and landscape. Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later, in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn't about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder, or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure.

The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan's legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly, a taste of restoring mind, body, and spirit to a former equanimity. With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall, and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore.

\n Weight: 768g\n
Dimension: 219 x 184 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781910240755\n \n