One Man's Mountains
Tom Patey
This autobiography offers a glimpse into the mind of Tom Patey, a man whose contributed greatly to modern climbing. He 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.
Posted by mdixoncm@drupal.org (1 year ago ) A brilliant book by a brilliant man. A bast*rd hard climber from the days when climbers where real men. Despite the blurb about the Mustagh tower, Patey is probably best loved for his routes in the Scottish Highlands- notably the sea stack called the old man of Stoer. You can still see some of the origional Patey gear if you climb the route today (graded VS and no push over, you certainly wouldn't fancy it in big boots!)
Patey's love of song and singing also comes through the book - by all accounts he was the life and soul of every party. And to cap it all, he was a well respected doctor up in Ullapool.
A good read even for the non-climbers.
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