One Man's Legacy chronicles the brief but brilliant life of Dr Tom
Patey: bard, musician, and one of Scotland's foremost climbers and
mountaineers. His story is one of pioneering ascents and boundless
enthusiasm, and his spontaneity, carefree approach and ability to
burn the candle at both ends remain legendary, several decades
after his untimely death. Meticulously researched over several
years, this definitive biography covers every aspect of Patey's
life in rich detail. Youthful endeavours with the Scouts and early
forays on the Aberdeen sea cliffs were the foundation for Patey's
university years, where he established - often solo - many classic
summer and winter lines in the Cairngorms, cementing his reputation
as a tough, fearless mountaineer with exceptional endurance. A
stalwart of 1950s bothy culture, his natural gifts as a musician
and raconteur garnered him friends far and wide, and enabled him to
transcend social and cultural boundaries with ease. Later, as a
Royal Marine and then a highly respected GP, he maintained an
insatiable appetite for exploring new terrain both in his native
Scotland and further afield, in the Alps, Norway and the Karakoram.
By drawing on Patey's essays and verses, published collectively in
the celebrated One Man's Mountains, the narrative is imbued with
dry wit and gentle satire, and brought to life by unseen images
from renowned photographer John Cleare and the Patey family
archive. Supported by a foreword from Mick Fowler and first-hand
insights from some of the leading climbers of the last century,
including Sir Chris Bonington, Joe Brown and Paul Nunn, One Man's
Legacy celebrates a complex, larger-than-life character who rightly
deserves his place in mountaineering history.
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