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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Sandstone Press Ltd

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9781914518195

RRP: £24.99

PAGES: 360

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 23, 2023

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Voices from the Hills: Pioneering women fell and mountain runners

Steve Chilton

Voices from the Hills is the story of the barriers and struggles encountered and the personal courage and self-confidence shown by female athletes doing things because they wanted to in the male-dominated sport. They suffered discouragement and even resistance in those early days.Steve Chilton has researched the subject deeply, interviewing many female athletes whom he rightly describes as pioneers. Thanks to them, female participation has become accepted and now increasing numbers of athletes are competing at the traditional fell races, international mountain races, and the endurance challenges such as the Bob Graham Round.The story is predominantly told through the words of those early pioneers, who look back over their lives, and running careers, and who fought for equality of opportunity and reward.

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Steve Chilton

Steve Chilton is the author of four previous books on fell and mountain running, all highly regarded both inside and outside the sport. The first, It’s a Hill, Get Over It, won the Bill Rollinson Prize for Landscape and Tradition. He is a long-time member of the Fellrunners Association. He has run in many of the classic fell races, as well as mountain marathons, and has completed the Cuillin Traverse. Now retired from Middlesex University where he was Educational Development Manager, he is also a former Chair of the Society of Cartographers and of the ICA Commission in Neocartography.FORWARD AUTHORJasmin Paris is a former a national fell running champion and who has set records for the Bob Graham Round and the Ramsay Round. As a fell and mountain runner she has set formidable records for both the Bob Graham Round and Ramsey Round. She is known and respected throughout the world having set records in both Europe and America. Jasmin works as a small animal vet at the University of Edinburgh.