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Mirrors in the Cliffs
Mirrors in the Cliffs is the second volume of mountaineering anthologies in The Games People Play series. It includes dramatic climb accounts, letters, snippets, poems, essays, critiques, columns, reviews and obituaries.'
- GenresAdventure
688 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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About the author
Jim Perrin
36 books10 followers Jim Perrin is an English rock climber and travel writer.
Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd. As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines. As a climber, he has developed new routes, as well as making solo ascents of a number of established routes.
He has won the Boardman Tasker prize twice, first for Menlove (1985), his biography of John Menlove Edwards, and again as a joint winner (alongside Andy Cave's Learning to Breathe) for The Villain (2005), a biography of Don Whillans.
For many years he has contributed mountaineering obituaries for The Guardian (see, for example, the recent contribution on Brede Arkless). He has six children by six different partners, one, Will, also a talented climber, took his own life aged 24.
Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd. As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines. As a climber, he has developed new routes, as well as making solo ascents of a number of established routes.
He has won the Boardman Tasker prize twice, first for Menlove (1985), his biography of John Menlove Edwards, and again as a joint winner (alongside Andy Cave's Learning to Breathe) for The Villain (2005), a biography of Don Whillans.
For many years he has contributed mountaineering obituaries for The Guardian (see, for example, the recent contribution on Brede Arkless). He has six children by six different partners, one, Will, also a talented climber, took his own life aged 24.
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September 18, 2018
A wonderful eclectic collection. I've been coinge back to my favorites stories for decades.
October 31, 2023
A great collection of stories, read in my early days as a climber, and great to dip into again.
Some real gems, and some absolutely hair-raising tales.
Some real gems, and some absolutely hair-raising tales.
December 23, 2008
A thoughtfully put together anthology of climbing stories. Covers rock, ice, crags, big walls and mountains (there's also a piece on the fine art of tree climbing). The book kicks off with the superbly written "Coast to Coast on the Granite Slasher" by Australian climber Greg Child.
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