Voices from the Hills: Pioneering women fell and mountain runners
Apr 2023 · Sandstone Press Ltd
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'A must read for anyone with a passion for women's equality and sport.' -Sue Anstiss Voices from the Hills is the story of the barriers encountered by the first female fell runners who fought to participate in the early days of this male-dominated sport. Despite experiencing discouragement and resistance, these women responded with personal courage and self-confidence. Thanks to them, women now compete at traditional fell races, international mountain races and endurance challenges such as the Bob Graham Round in increasing numbers. Told predominantly through interviews with pioneering female athletes who recount their lives and running careers, this is the story of a fight for equality of opportunity and reward.
About the author
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.
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