Doug Scott
Doug Scott
Douglas Keith Scott CBE, known as Doug Scott, is an English mountaineer noted for the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975. Scott and Dougal Haston were the first Britons to climb Everest during this expedition. In receiving one of mountaineering's highest honours, the Lifetime Achievement Piolet d'Or, his personal style and climbs were described as "visionary"...
eight climbing years
Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousanders will miss all theat. They are wasting the best years of their climbing lives.
compelling obviously people reason
I have no reason why I can't go, and obviously the need for people to go down there is compelling for us. But, there still is real life, and I have to make it work, too.
evidence history
Evidence doesn't lie. History may be accurate, but archaeology is precise.
address cases longer
Some cases will take longer than others, we'll try to address each individual.
commitment climbing weather
Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be derived from mountaineering.
climbing mountaineering climbs
Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.
climbing want enough
If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?
may archaeology accurate
History may be accurate, but archaeology is precise.
real climbing world
Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phisical strengh, I find myself less able to explore the outer world, but better prepared to explore the inner.
climbing intuition substitutes
Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition.
mean writing order
In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before any big climb. You must say to yourself, I may die here.
climbing self ordinary
At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.
games girls
The young girls have come a long, long way. All the games have been competitive.
help
They need a lot of help down there.