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Scaling the heights: a woman’s experience of mountain climbing

Anna Fleming soon realises that being smaller and weaker than a man makes surprisingly little difference when it comes to top-class climbing

A young woman scales the rock face. [Getty Images] 
issue 29 January 2022
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    Anna Fleming

    Canongate, pp. 272, £16

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