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Chris Townsend

Chris Townsend

SHORTLISTED FOR TGO OUTDOOR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2015


Chris Townsend writes regularly for TGO Magazine and has written 22 books on the outdoors, including the award winning The Backpacker's Handbook; Scotland in Cicerone's World Mountain Ranges series; Crossing Arizona; the story of an 800 mile walk along the Arizona Trail; Walking the Yukon, the story of 1000 mile walk through the Yukon Territory; The Munros and Tops, the story of his continuous round and A Year In The Life of The Cairngorms, a photographic study. His recent publications with Sandstone Press feature two long-distance walks he undertook in the USA, Grizzly Bears and Razor Clams (2012) and Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles (2014).

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The Great Outdoors Awards shortlists

The shortlists have been announced for this year’s The Great Outdoors Awards, and we’re delighted that two of our authors have been nominated for awards. Chris Townsend has been shortlisted...

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Best Books of 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, many have started to post their favourite books of the year. We're pleased to see some Sandstone Press titles have been highlighted on these...