The Call of the Corbetts - Hardcover

No less significant than the loftier and more renowned Munros (Scottish peaks over 3,000ft), this second challenging list of Scottish peaks - the Corbetts - was compiled by an Englishman, John Rooke Corbett. Long before he drew up his list mountaineers had sampled the delights of the grander peaks regardless of height, to which were added many a lonely height in the sprawling wastes of Sutherland and Ross-shire, the more isolated caims of the Grampians, the bold steeps of Morvern and Ardgour, the bald crowns of the Southern Uplands, and a scattering of island peaks. Irvine Butterfield has here drawn together a superb collection of photographs, with stunning introductory artworks from Paul Craven, that capture the essence of these most singular mountains, to create a wonderful record of every Corbett in Scotland.

Irvine Butterfield completed as the 105th Munroist in 1971, and has worked tirelessly for mountaineering and conservation organisations throughout his life. He was an early member of the Mountain Bothies Association, founder member of the John Muir Trust, the Scottish Wild Land Group, the Crochallan Mountaineering Club and the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, which celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1997. Highly respected in his field, he has written several books, including the acclaimed High Mountains of Britain and Ireland, and The Magic of the Munros. He lives near Perth, Scotland.