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Overview'Our day's route led us through snow and ice scenery of deathless beauty. This lives strong in mind, while physical pains and trials, the so-called realities of defeat and victory, have long been forgotten.' Mountaineering in Scotlandis one of the greatest classics in climbing literature. It records the saga of the early days of Scottish winter and summer pioneering, providing a timeless antidote to modern-day tales of sterile athleticism. W.H. Murray's vivid descriptions have an immediacy that transports the reader to some of the most iconic routes in Britain. In this book are the dramatic moments of the mountains, from walking and scrambling among the rough edges of the high mountain to sighting the mirror-sharp clarity of the burn pools in the valleys. Through his tales of remarkable and addictive climbing adventures, Murray recounts the very essence of what exploratory climbing and deep mountaineering camaraderie is all about. Full Product DetailsAuthor: W. H. MurrayPublisher: Vertebrate Publishing Ltd Imprint: Vertebrate Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9781839811685ISBN 10: 1839811684 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 03 March 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Twenty-four Hours on the Cuillin 2. The Cioch and Crack of Doom 3. Slav Route – Ben Nevis 4. On the Rannoch Wall in Winter The Cliff and the Moor Agag’s Groove 5. The Deep-Cut Chimney of Stob Coire nam Beith 6. Rubicon Wall 7. Defeat 8. Coire Lagain 9. The North Buttress of Buachaille. Winter 10. The First Ascent of Clachaig Gully 11. Observatory Ridge in Winter 12. The Lost Valley and SC Gully The Lost Valley of Bidean nam Bian The SC Gully of Stob Coire nan Lochan 13. Lochnagar 14. Tower Ridge in Winter 15. Cir Mhor 16. The Cuillin Ridge and Blaven 17. New Year on Ben Nevis 18. High Camping in Winter 19. Raven’s Gully and Crypt Route 20. Crowberry Gully in Winter 21. Cairngorm Blizzard 22. The Evidence of Things Not Seen 23. Rocks and Realities Photographs and diagramsReviewsAuthor InformationW.H. Murray was born in Liverpool in 1913, but two years later his father was killed at Gallipoli. The family moved back to Glasgow where Murray spent his childhood, school and college years before beginning a career in banking. He made his first climbs in 1934 and later joined a talented group of climbers in the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland. This instigated his lifelong love of Scottish winter climbing, and it was with this set of young innovators that Murray began to undertake the adventures that he eventually transcribed on Red Cross toilet paper as a prisoner of war. After returning to Britain from the camps, Murray once more began to climb with undamaged fervency, and later took part on key Himalayan expeditions of the 1950s. In 1951 Murray was on the critical reconnaissance that established a route up Everest via the Khumbu Icefall by which the summit of Mount Everest would eventually be reached. Marrying happily, Murray built a career as a writer and conservationist, writing Highland Landscape, a counsel of protection for the National Trust of Scotland. Murray died in 1996, and his autobiography, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, was published posthumously. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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