One Man's Mountains by Tom Patey (1971) Turkey

One Man's Mountains by Tom Patey (1971) TurkeyEssays and verses. This book collects the essays and songs of Dr. Tom Patey, a well known and highly liked Scottish raconteur and climber. (raconteur: someone who tells stories with charisma and wit) Patey died in a rappelling accident in 1970, and this book was published posthumously. It includes his writings from mountaineering magazines and journals, and his songs and poems, which had been sung in pubs and shared by word of mouth, but never before

All are black and white

It featured very cool covers as well as interesting

Some interesting articles:

334 pages with three inserts of color photos

B&W with some photos and many hand-drawn topos

and the accompanying photography from names like Jimmy Chin

From La Siesta Press (Basic Rockcraft

A spot of very minor water damage on the top of the back pages

with all the challenges that brings

sending Simpson to his presumed doom

Ten Pins Area

part of Chockstone’s Classic Rock series