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Right then, fancy a bit of this? A bonny little thing, this is, a real gem. Feels like a right good hug in your hands, this one does. Perfect for a cuppa and a chinwag, or just to sit and stare at, lost in thought. A proper charmer, you'll see. It's got a certain...je ne sais quoi, if you catch my drift. Best get your mitts on it quick, before someone else snatches it up. Go on, treat yourself, you deserve it! You won't regret it, I promise you that, no. Absolutely cracking.

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New in paperback, Honouring High Places is a compelling collection of highlights from Junko Tabei’s stirring life that she considered important, inspiring, and interesting to mountaineering culture. Until now, her works have been available only in Japanese, and RMB is honoured to be sharing these profound and moving stories with the English-speaking world for the first time.

The collection opens on Mount Everest, where the first all-women’s expedition is met with disaster but pushes on against all odds. The story then shifts to the early years of Tabei’s life and reflects on her countryside childhood as a frail girl with no talent for sport, and cultural expectations that ignored her passion for mountains.

With reminiscences of the early days of female climbers on Everest, the deaths of fellow mountaineers, Tabei’s pursuit of Mount Tomur, a cancer diagnosis, and efforts to restore a love for nature in the surviving youth of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this beautifully curated collection of essays captures the essence of a notable time and the strength of character of one of the 20th and 21st centuries’ female mountaineering pioneers.