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One Man's Mountains

One Man's Mountains


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Tom Patey was killed in May 1970 abseiling from a sea stack off the north coast of Scotland. He was 38.People outside the climbing world knew of him as the man who launched himself into space during the televised climb of the Old Man of Hoy, a remarkable sandstone stack on the Orkney Islands. Inside the climbing fraternity everyone knew of him. He was irreplaceable.It was when studying medicine at Aberdeen University that Tom first showed his talent as an extraordinary climber and started his long series of epic first ascents. He also took part in the four man 1956 British expedition to climb the 28,800 feet Mustagh Tower in Pakistan - a mountain that many people regarded as unclimbable. They conquered it. A remarkable collection of Tom Patey s essays, poems and photographs, One Man's Mountain offers a glimpse into the mind of this multi-talented and fascinating man whose contribution to modern climbing was enormous. It remains a touching and compelling self-portrait that has long been regarded as a classic of climbing literature.

About the Author :
Tom Patey (1932-1970) was, at the time of his death, the local GP in Ullapool, a fishing port in north-west Scotland near some of the most beautiful mountains in the world. It was his territory. But it is for his unique character that Tom Patey is still so widely remembered, and missed. No other man has combined his talents as a serious mountaineer, a ribald entertainer, a maker of ballads and a writer of prose and verse. Chris Bonington needs no introduction. A close friend of Patey's, he climbed with him on many occasions and his introduction provides a moving tribute to him.

Review :
The fierce zest he felt in rock and ice is seasoned with a nice dry humour, and a talent for throwaway lines quite in the Mummery tradition Patey's company is the most enjoyable in the whole canon of climbing writing...incomparable


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781841957142
  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Canongate Books
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 294
  • ISBN-10: 1841957143
  • Publisher Date: 10 Nov 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 131 mm


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