Pen y Gwryd Hotel, The - Tales from the Smoke Room -  Gomer

Pen y Gwryd Hotel, The - Tales from the Smoke Room

Buch | Hardcover
278 Seiten
2016
Gomer Press (Verlag)
978-1-78562-149-9 (ISBN)
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A unique portrayal of the home of British mountaineering in the heart of Snowdonia. -- Gwasg Gomer
A unique portrayal of the Pen y Gwryd Hotel, home of British mountaineering in the heart of Snowdonia where the 1953 Everest Expedition stayed during their training for their historic adventure. -- Welsh Books Council

Table of contents
1.About the editors
2.Acknowledgements: Rupert Pullee
3.Introduction: Jan Morris
4.Walks from the Pen y Gwryd Hotel: Geoffrey Pocock
5.World mountaineering's 'holy grail': Neeraj Rana
6.PyGlong may it never change: Chris Bonington
7.Keep on a path: Rosemary Hocking
8.A barman's tale: Desmond Hall
9.There was an aura: Michael Ward
10.The hotel on the corner: John Blackmore
11.Blodwen of Pen y Gwryd: Ken Jones
12.Blodwen Pen y Gwryd: Ken Jones (in Welsh)
13.Going to extremes to understand critical illnessXtreme Everest: Kay Mitchell
14.You will just have to read Ed's book: Peter Hillary
15.Peter Spencer Coppockthe man behind the camera: Katharine Anne Lerman
16.Climbers, walkers and : Ffion White
17.'Grandly present are their memories still': Tony Astill
18.And there we stayed: Rebecca Stephens
19.Throne of the Gods: Paul Newby
20.A lace-trimmed apron and a feather duster: Eliza Winkler
21.Arthur Lockwood and the Pen y Gwryd: Rosie Lloyd
22.The Pen y Gwryd Hotelfunctional antiquity: Neil Robertson
23.PyGReflections from Raggedass Road: Jim Perrin
24.The Pen y Gwryd Hotelgirls and boys and bicycles: Betty Humphreys
25.The Snowdon Club: Alice Burton
26.'I'll phone Joe Brown, he'll know what to do': Joe Brown
27.The Alpine Club and the Pen y Gwryd Hotel: Anna Lawford
28.PyG ... Rick Stein ... Jamie Oliver: Dane Tobias
29.Pen y Gwryd memories: Rob Collister
30.Chasing after giants: Ed Webster
31.Wartime Pen y Gwryd: Elaine Travis
32.Where great memories are always present: William Bill Roache
33.'Hats orff in the house!': Caradoc 'Crag' Jones
34.Wetter inside than out: Ben Reedy
35.The PyG, undeniably the centre of British climbing life: Doug Scott
36.In memory of Chris Briggs: John Neill
37.Pen y Gwryd days: Ann Verity
38.The Rucksack ClubConcerning inns: Mike Dent
39.Walking Snowdonia: Andy Harbach
40.'Whatever Mr Briggs says is true': Chuck Evans
41.Pen y Gwryd recollections: Joseph Blackburn
42.In memory of Jo Briggs: John Disley
43.All you need is love, love and a television set: Chris Warren
44.PyG anecdotes: David Matthews
45.A Longland family affair: Nick Longland
46.The PyG has gone to the dogs: Nicola Maysmor
47.The PyG sitefrom Legio XX Valeria Victrix to the Luftwaffe: Harvey Lloyd
48.Dipping into the Locked Book, 18841953: Harvey Lloyd
49.Reach higher and seek the strength within: H.P.S. Ahluwalia
50.People are talking: Gwyn Berry
51.The Welsh 3000s challenge: Gordon Lindsay Jones
52.Flying in to the PyG: Norbu Tenzing Norgay
53.Reminiscences of a PyG maida fictional account the founding of the Pinnacle Club, 1921: Margaret Clennett
54.'Put up a flare the people will come from the mountains': Chris Lloyd
55.Chris Brasher: Hugh Brasher
56.The man upon the stair: Paul Carling
57.The PyG-Andalusian sherry connection: Miryam MacPherson
58.Charles Kingsley and the Pen y Gwryd: Piers J. Hale
59.Remember to take abseil gear to the bedroom: Julian Freeman-Attwood
60.The Everest Room: Christine Birch
61.Everest Room key
62.The smallest churches in Snowdonia: Ken Smith
63.The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club and the Pen y Gwryd: Michael Smith
64.Moulam's rules: Jim Milledge
65.Notes on conducting essential mountaineering background research: Mike Conlon
66.The PyGa home for all climbers: Emily Pitts -- Gwasg Gomer

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Dyfed
Sprache englisch
Maße 168 x 197 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Reisen Reiseberichte Europa
ISBN-10 1-78562-149-1 / 1785621491
ISBN-13 978-1-78562-149-9 / 9781785621499
Zustand Neuware
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