Table of Contents

Introduction by Melissa Harrison

Part 1 VICINITY

I Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

1. Lost in the Light by Tara Kramer

2. Iceberg by Deziree Wilson

3. Steinbock by Anja Konig

4. untitled 1 by Krystle Wright

5. Enchantment Larches by Nikki Frumkin

6. Mountains of the Mourne by Penelope Shuttle

7. Fairfield from Wansfell by Paula Dunn

8. Eglwyseg by Jean Atkin

9. Affric by Alison Grant

10. Moses Trod i-vi by Pam Williamson

11. Murmuration by Judy Kendall

12. Brimmerhead Farmhouse by Paula Dunn

13. Last night I dream we walk up to the point by Imogen Cassels

14. To Reach Green Before Dark by Lilace Guignard

15. La Fuente by Kari Nielsen

16. Titcomb Bay by Lizzy Dalton

17. Los Glaciares by Caroline Eustace

18. Mountain guide dog by Tami Knight

19. She Collects Islands in the Wild Wild Sea by Paula Flach

II Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

Part 2 HEART & SOUL

III Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

20. A Child in These Hills by Solana Joy

21. Squamish by Jen Randall

22. Rewilding by Lee Craigie

23. Leaving for the edge of the world by Kathleen Jones

24. This Ocean Sings by Alexandra Lewis

25. To Follow by Claire Carter

26. Cayton Bay by Genevieve Carver

27. Running by the Quay by Evelyn O'Malley

28. Straggle by Allison Williams

29. Falling by Jo Croston

30. Climber by Hazel Barnard and words by Camilla Barnard

31. No-self by Hazel Findlay

32. Memory 10 by Libby Peter

33. By the Way by Sarah Outen

34. There is No Substance But Light by Heather Dawe

35. When I Lived in a Small by Alyson Hallett

36. Ken the Cross-dresser by Tami Knight

37. Oh by Paula Flach

IV Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

Part 3 WATER

V Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

38. Snow by Bernadette McDonald

39. untitled 2 by Krystle Wright

40. Through the Snow by Judith Brown

41. Ski tracks by Tami Knight

42. Counterflow by Jen Benson

43. Ystradfellte Tree Reflections by Nick Davies

44. Aqueous by Mab Jones

45. untitled 3 by Krystle Wright

46. Taking the Plunge by Anna Fleming

47. Waterfall Series No.5 by Nick Davies

48. Diabaig by Jen Randall

49. Thirsty by Tami Knight

50. Turkey Blue by Sandy Bennett-Haber

51. She Collects the Puddles and Lakes She Swims Each Year by Paula Flach

52. Llanerch Wake by Nick Davies

53. Stormy Mount Baker by Claire Giordana

VI Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

Part 4 UNION

VII Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

54. Running on the Roof of the World by Lily Dyu

55. Out There by Ruth Wiggins

56. She Collects the Trees She Climbed in the Month of September by Paula Flach

57. Bouldering by Kathryn Hummel

58. Bouldering at Ardmair Beach by Deziree Wilson

59. Snails by Tami Knight

60. The Grampians by Jen Randall

61. Saying Something by Leslie Hsu Oh

62. untitled 4 by Krystle Wright

63. The Climb by Helen Mort

64. Mad Hatter's Gully in Winter by Deziree Wilson

65. Unmapping by Katie Ives

66. Unshod to Meet the Flints by Polly Atkin

67. She Always Collects Her Starter Number in Stones Along the Trail by Paula Flach

68. The Wilderness by Anna McNuff

VIII Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago by Cath Drake

Acknowledgements

A Note of Thanks

About the Author

Helen Mort is a writer, trail runner and climber who lives in Sheffield. She teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and has published two poetry collections with Chatto & Windus. Her latest, No Map Could Show Them, explores the history of women's mountaineering. She has been shortlisted for the Costa prize and the T.S. Eliot prize, and in 2014 won the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection prize. Her first novel is forthcoming from Chatto in 2019. She is also the author of Lake District Trail Running and has written for Alpinist and Climb. In 2017, she was a judge for the Man Booker International Prize, and chair of judges for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature. Claire Carter is a writer, filmmaker and creative consultant, based between Sheffield and North Wales where she climbs, runs, and swims. She is the Artistic Director of Kendal Mountain Festival and the Engagement Officer for the Outdoor Industry Association. She has juried for Telluride Mountain Festival, Krakow Mountain Festival and SheExtreme Festival among others, and continues to work on the BMC's Women in Adventure competition. Her first film, Operation Moffat, codirected with Jen Randall, followed the life of the first female British mountain guide and won twenty-one international festival awards. Claire sits on the Nature Connection Index Academic Group, and is investigating how the arts can contribute to our connection to nature and allied empathy through her creative and corporate work. Heather Dawe is a writer, painter, cyclist and runner and lives in Yorkshire with her partner and young family. A data scientist who has founded a leading healthcare analytics consultancy, her first book, Adventures in Mind, was published in 2013 and her second, A Bicycle Ride in Yorkshire, in 2014. Heather's paintings and prints have been exhibited publicly around the north of England. She finds inspiration in the time she spends running and cycling in the mountains and other wild places. As her daughters grow she increasingly shares adventures in the hills with them. Camilla Barnard is an editor for Vertebrate Publishing and loves to climb, walk and generally be immersed in the outdoors. She is a keen dotwork illustrator and also enjoys practising yoga, reading and experimenting with various art mediums. She has worked on many of Vertebrate's most successful titles including There is No Map in Hell by Steve Birkinshaw and The Magician's Glass by Ed Douglas.