An inspiring insight into one of the oldest extreme sports this is the definitive story of fell-running. This is a complete portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots. Richard Askwith’s journey takes him into a world of forbidding rockscapes horizontal rain fear exhaustion and stunning natural beauty as well as his own attempt at one of the toughest challenges imaginable: the Bob Graham Round the sport’s traditional test of 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours. Gripping funny and moving this is a story that any aspiring runner endurance athlete or mountain-lover will understand well: of extremity heroism and the experience of a lifetime.