Dan Richgards: CLIMBING DAYS Z44 [2016] hardback ARTAZ In the degenerate

In the degenerate

She has lived in six different cities and held countless jobs since graduating college

Out of her depth

All in the Cooking was a popular textbook in Irish schools until well into the 1970s

Then a magical journey through the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything

Dan Richgards: CLIMBING DAYS Z44 [2016] hardback ARTAZ In the degenerateIn Climbing Days, Dan Richards is on the trail of his great great aunt, Dorothy Pilley, a prominent and pioneering mountaineer of the early twentieth century. For years, Dorothy and her husband, I. A. Richards, remained mysterious to Dan, but the chance discovery of her 1935 memoir, Climbing Days, leads him on a journey. Perhaps, in the mountains, he can meet them halfway? Following in the pair's footholds, Dan begins to travel and climb across