This autobiography offers a glimpse into the mind of Tom Patey, a man whose contributed greatly to modern climbing. He 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 only man who launched himself into space during the televised climb of the Old Man of Hoy. Inside the climbing fraternity everyone knew of him. 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-foot Mustagh Tower, a mountain that many people regarded as unclimbable; they conquered it - Tom, John Hartog, Ian McNaught-Davies and the legendary Manchester plumber Joe Brown.
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Tom Patey not only climbed some wicked routes, but was an incredibly gifted and humorous writer, often in a self effacing manner. This is one of the best climbing books I have ever read. Three words: Buy this book!
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Great hilarious book on true mountaineering.,
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Tom is both a gifted climber and writer. If you like arm chair mountaineering books, and have read "the White spider" or any of the other North face of the Eiger climbing books you'll really love his take on that climb. Plus his climbers dictionary is just great. I second this opinion, buy this book!
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PRIOR TO 1951 all the principal gullies and buttresses in Lochnagar's NE. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
winter traverse, first winter ascent, winter climbing, ice routes, ice climb, few climbers, fixed rope, hanging glacier, double rope, ooo feet, first ascent, ice slope, ioo feet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joe Brown, Alpine Club, Ben Nevis, Point Five, Zero Gully, Mustagh Tower, Monk's Head, Creag Dhu, John Cleare, Red Wall, Mein Grossen Boten, Trolltinder Wall, Arne Randers Heen, Bill Murray, Glen Brittle, Cuillin Ridge, Len Lovat, Observatory Ridge, Parallel Gully, Peter Thomas, Bill Brooker, Coire Mhic Fhearchair, Dennis Gray, Etchachan Club, Hamish Maclnnes New!
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PRIOR TO 1951 all the principal gullies and buttresses in Lochnagar's NE. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
winter traverse, first winter ascent, winter climbing, ice routes, ice climb, few climbers, fixed rope, hanging glacier, double rope, ooo feet, first ascent, ice slope, ioo feet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joe Brown, Alpine Club, Ben Nevis, Point Five, Zero Gully, Mustagh Tower, Monk's Head, Creag Dhu, John Cleare, Red Wall, Mein Grossen Boten, Trolltinder Wall, Arne Randers Heen, Bill Murray, Glen Brittle, Cuillin Ridge, Len Lovat, Observatory Ridge, Parallel Gully, Peter Thomas, Bill Brooker, Coire Mhic Fhearchair, Dennis Gray, Etchachan Club, Hamish Maclnnes New!
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- The Old Man (European Classics) by Yuri Trifonov on page 247
- Climb: Stories of Survival from Rock, Snow and Ice by Clint Willis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- American Alpine Journal 2003: The World's Most Significant Climbs by John Harlin in Back Matter
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