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Mr Justice
28/09/2004 at 21:48
Sometime in the last twenty years I read a passage that included the following, as far as I can remember it-

"All mountaineering literature falls into one of three categories: the heroic, the metaphysical, and the couthy."

I think the author went on to cite (respectively) Reinhold Messner, WH Murray, and Tom Weir. Can anyone remind me where I saw this? Almost certainly in something with a strong Scottish connection. Help please! It's driving me mad.
Richard Kermode
29/09/2004 at 09:22
Not to sure, but it might have been in "Mountains of the Mind"??
Wee Feisty One
29/09/2004 at 16:39
By Robert McFarlane?? I think it was. I seem to remember it
Mr Justice
29/09/2004 at 17:59
I'll check, but it was several years ago, before MOTM was published.
Mr Justice
03/12/2012 at 20:33

Self-zombified thread, to answer my own question.

Most mountaineering literature falls into one of three categories: the epic, the metaphysical or the couthy.  One might see Messner, Murray, and MacGregor as their three respective muses." 

...is from the preface to 'A View From The Ridge' by Dave Brown and Ian Mitchell (who also wrote 'Mountain Days, Bothy Nights').

There, you can get off the edge of your seat now. 



Kinley
03/12/2012 at 20:36

Thanks I was holding my breath.

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