In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys in the Cairngorms of Scotland. There, she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and documents the rocks, rivers, creatures, and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime searching for the essential nature of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the splendor of the mountains and our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. More than thirty years passed during World War II before the manuscript of "The Living Mountain" was finally published.