Just Another Mountain: A Memoir of Hope

Cover Title Contents Foreword Prologue Phase One: Following Footsteps One: The Hills Are Calling Two: Coincidence or Fate Three: Doomed Champagne and Mountain Magic Four: Cheating Myself Five: Becoming a Woman with a Plan Six: Divergent Paths Phase Two: Troubled Tracks Seven: Keep Them Close Eight: Where the Wind Blows Nine: Where There's a Will There's a Way Ten: Hell on Earth Eleven: Dead Loss Twelve: Peaks and Troughs Thirteen: A Hatch and Despatch Fourteen: Slippery Slopes Phase Three: Steps in the Sunshine Fifteen: One Thing Leads to Something Else Sixteen: Protecting Next of KinSeventeen: History Repeats Itself Eighteen: Dark Horse Nineteen: Walking on Air Twenty: Early Illness Twenty-One: Onwards and Upwards Twenty-Two: Deliverance Epilogue: Homeward Bound Postscript Acknowledgements Index Copyright A life-affirming journey of healing and endurance, of a mother and a daughter, and of how we keep both love and hope alive. 'This uplifting memoir is testament that in life there are times when there is nothing for it but to scale that mountain' - The Herald, Best Summer Reads ________ At the age of twenty-four, Sarah Jane Douglas lost her mother to breast cancer. She was alone and adrift in the world, but had promised her mother that she would keep going, no matter what. So she turned to the beautiful, forbidding mountains of her native Scotland - and then beyond. By walking in her mother's footsteps, Sarah found the strength to face her grief, to accept her troubled past and, ultimately, to confront her own cancer diagnosis twenty years later. Sometimes all you can do is put one foot in front of the other and keep walking... ___________ 'A beautifully written book ... a powerful message and a thrilling conclusion to a seemingly unachievable goal' - Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows 'An inspiring book for anyone facing challenges. And a heartfelt reminder that only some mountains look like mountains.' - Tristan Gooley, The Natural Navigator In 1997, at the age of 24, Sarah lost her mother to breast cancer. Alone and adrift in the world, she very nearly gave up hope - but she'd made a promise to her mother that she would keep going no matter what. So she turned to the beautiful, dangerous, forbidding mountains of her native Scotland. By walking in her mother's footsteps, she learns to accept her own troubled past, finding the strength to overcome her grief - and, ultimately, to carry on in the face of her own diagnosis twenty years later. Searingly honest and utterly relatable, bringing the exhilarating triumphs and challenges of mountain walking to life with wit, charm and raw candour, Just Another Mountain is a story of hope and redemption, of a mother and a daughter, and of how we can learn both to live and to love. Sometimes all you can do is put one foot in front of the other ... and just keep walking. Shortlisted for Travel Memoir Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 / Winner - GOLD in Personality of the Year, SILVER in The Extra Mile Award as well as SILVER in Book of the Year all in The Great Outdoor Awards 2019'This uplifting memoir is testament that in life there are times when there is nothing for it but to scale that mountain' - The Herald Best Summer Reads 2019In 1997, at the age of 24, Sarah lost her mother to breast cancer. Alone and adrift in the world, she very nearly gave up hope - but she'd made a promise to her mother that she would keep going no matter what. So she turned to the beautiful, dangerous, forbidding mountains of her native Scotland. An uplifting memoir from a strong female voice that shows the redemptive power of mountain walking