Book description
Griff Rhys Jones was a mountain virgin. So when it was suggested that
he might like to go up a few of Britain s peaks, he rightly asked: isn
t there someone better qualified?
Apparently not. So Griff was duly dispatched across the rooftops of
England, Scotland and Wales to explore some of the roughest, most
arduous not to mention most beautiful terrain, and to meet those
who live daily in such thin-aired wilds.
Climbing the big mountains like Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike
and many others besides gave Griff an insight into the passion and
devotion our high places inspire and turned a mountain virgin into a
mountaineer. Well almost
Griff Rhys Jones was born in 1953. He was educated at Brentwood
School and Cambridge University. On the way to becoming a writer, he
worked as a security guard, a petrol pump attendant and a television
star. Griff is the author of
To the Baltic with Bob
and
Semi-Detached
. His TV credits include
Not The Nine o' Clock News
,
Alas Smith and Jones
,
Restoration
and
Three Men in a Boat
.
