William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in Italy he wrote his first classic book, Mountaineering in Scotland, on rough toilet...
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William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in Italy he wrote his first classic book, Mountaineering in Scotland, on rough toilet paper which was confiscated and destroyed by the Gestapo. The rewritten version was published in 1947 and followed by the, now, equally famous, Undiscovered Scotland. In 1951 he was depute leader to Eric Shipton on the Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, which discovered the eventual successful route which would be climbed by Hilary and Tensing
Cover; Title Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Foreword by ROBERT MACFARLANE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: THE LONGEST AND HARDEST CLIMB; CHAPTER TWO: THE COMPANION GUIDE TO BILL MURRAY; CHAPTER THREE: THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN; CHAPTER FOUR: THE SPELLBOUND SLAVE; CHAPTER FIVE: NAILED BOOTS AND HEMP ROPES; CHAPTER SIX: MURRAY AND THE RENAISSANCE OF SCOTTISH CLIMBING; CHAPTER SEVEN: MORE PRICELESS THAN GOLD; CHAPTER EIGHT: THE RELUCTANT CONSCRIPT; CHAPTER NINE: IN THE BAG; CHAPTER TEN: A RED-LETTER DAY; CHAPTER ELEVEN: SOMEHOW I WAS HAPPY
CHAPTER TWELVE: WIDE OPEN TO THE MESSAGECHAPTER THIRTEEN: APPROACHING THE SUNLIT SUMMIT; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: RECOVERY AND REDIRECTION; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: GENESIS OF A MOUNTAIN CLASSIC; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: LIKE A METEOR TRAILING LIGHT; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: ANATOMY OF THE SUBLIME; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: FROM COLERIDGE TO CHANGABANG; CHAPTER NINETEEN: I NEED CURB MY DREAMS NO LONGER; CHAPTER TWENTY: BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: EVEREST; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: WHO IS THE BEST CLIMBER IN THE LAND?; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: HIGHLAND LANDSCAPE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: SAVING THE WILDLANDS
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: GREATER SCOPE FOR THE IMAGINATIONCHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: FACT AND AFFECTION; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: INTEGRITY, BETRAYAL AND BAD ADVICE; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: HE REMAINS ELUSIVE STILL; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: A SUPREME CRAFTSMAN AT WORK; CHAPTER THIRTY: AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF FACT; CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: THE PEN THAT BRINGS THE SCENE TO LIFE; CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: A GAME OF TWO HALVES; CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: TO LIVE AND LEARN; CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: WAYS OF SEEING WITH THE HEART; APPENDIX 1: THE NINE DECADES OF MURRAY'S LIFE; APPENDIX 2: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MURRAY'S PUBLISHED WORK
APPENDIX 3: FULL TEXT OF PERCY UNNA'S LETTER TO THE NTSAPPENDIX 4: GLOSSARY OF CLIMBING TERMS & ACRONYMS; APPENDIX 5: ONLINE APPENDICES TO THE SUNLIT SUMMIT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; INDEX; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Plates; Copyright
