If you have never read it - order a copy immediately - they don't come any better than Tom Patey's "One Man's Mountains." Patey was a talented Scottish doctor that climbed with all the hard British lads from the 1950s and 1960, including Whillans, Bonington, Brown. You may be familiar with the story, "A Short Walk With Whillans," as it has appeared in many climbing anthologies. A more hilarious account of an Eigerwand climb you couldn't imagine. Click on the link to access the verses and songs at the end of his book ... he was famous for playing his accordion, around the campfire, as the bottle of single malt made the rounds, he lampooned all the top alpinists of the day. A gem!
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