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Informationen zum Autor A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drove Kev's desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year in various high-mountain regions researching guidebooks made him The Man with the World's Best Job. Kev enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone from the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds. 'A Walk in the Clouds' is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He was also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide 'Trekking in the Himalaya' and Cicerone's celebratory anniversary compilation 'Fifty Years of Adventure'. A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also wrote and illustrated brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lived with his wife in a small cottage among what he called 'the Kentish Alps', with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travelled throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he wrote about through a series of lectures. Sadly, Kev passed away in 2021. He will be remembered fondly by all who knew him and by many more he inspired through his writing and talks. Klappentext Comprehensive large-format guidebook offering an overview of the countless walking and trekking opportunities in the Alps, covering France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. Packed with practical information and enough suggestions to fill a walker's holidays for several lifetimes. Details for 19 Alpine regions: geographical overview, principal peaks, centres and bases, huts, access, maps, guidebooks and sources of further information Area by area descriptions presenting the main highlights, access points and facilities, and suggestions for walks Many of Europe's finest treks and hut-to-hut traverses summarised, including the Tour du Mont Blanc, the Walker's Haute Route (Chamonix-Zermatt) and the Italian Alta Via treks Walks offering views of evocative peaks, such as Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and the Marmolada Notes on via ferrata routes in the Brenta Includes the Maritime Alps, Bernese Alps (including the Jungfrau region), Julian Alps and Dolomites, plus the Tirol, Engadine, Gran Paradiso, Écrins, Vanoise and Hohe Tauern, among others Zusammenfassung An outstanding and comprehensive book exploring the walking and trekking possibilities in every Alpine region. Many thousands of possible routes are suggested! from the Maritime Alps of southern France throughout the range to the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Walks vary from undemanding to long and tough! and everything in between. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: THE MARITIME ALPS; Hut to Hut in the Alpes Maritime; Summary; 2: DAUPHINe; Queyras; Tour du Queyras; Massif des ecrins; Tour de l'Oisans; Vercors; Summary; 3: THE GRAIAN ALPS; The Western Graians; Tour du Mont Pourri; Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise; Tour of the Vanoise; The Eastern Graians; Grande Traversata del Gran Paradiso; Alta Via della Valle d'Aosta No 2; A Traverse of the Graian Alps; Summary; 4: THE MONT BLANC RANGE; Tour du Mont Blanc; Chablais! Faucigny & Dents du Midi; Summary; 5: THE PENNINE ALPS; Tour des Combin; The Walker's Haute Route; The Eastward Traverse of the Italian Valleys; Summary; 6: THE BERNESE ALPS; The Northern Valleys; Multi-day Circuit of the Lutschental and Lauterbrunnental; Tour Wildstrubel; The Southern Flank; Bernese Alps Glacier Tour; Oberland Passes; Summary; 7: THE CENTRAL SWISS ALPS; The Eastern Bernese Alps; Tour of the Guschenertal; The Western Uri Alps; Uri-Rotstock Circuit; The Eastern ...
