Andrew Greig is a Scottish poet of sensitivity and resilience. He deals with high-risk situations from mountaineering to love and is particularly good at presenting the gamut of feelings involved in rites of passage: high endeavour, commitment, holding back, drift, release Edwin Morgan A writer of integrity and imaginative energy TLS A lyric poet of rare gusto The Observer Alongside the mountain poems from Men on Ice, Order of the Day and Western Swing, Getting Higher features brand new material, facsimiles of previously unpublished material including his first poem, written in 1972 and illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive. A beautiful collectors item full of illustrations, marginalia and notes.