The Tom Weir Lecture
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The Tom Weir Lecture
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Author : Tom Weir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Tom Weir Lecture written by Tom Weir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Programs categories.
My Life
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Author : Tom Weir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
My Life written by Tom Weir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Weir, Tom, 1904- categories.
Tom Weir
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Author : Tom Weir
language : en
Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd
Release Date : 2013-06-20
Tom Weir written by Tom Weir and has been published by Sandstone Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-20 with Literary Collections categories.
From his early years Tom Weir MBE was set on making his way as an explorer, writer and photographer, a progress interrupted by World War Two but then leading to expeditions ranging from the Himalayas to Greenland. For over forty years his feature 'My Month' appeared in the Scots Magazine, reflecting his fascination with Scotland, its remote corners, people and wildlife - interests that made his award-winning TV programme Weir's Way so popular. From sources published and unpublished this collection of Tom Weir's writing has been selected by Hamish Brown from the whole body of his life's work. One of Hamish Brown's teenage inspirations was Tom Weir's Highland Days and, later, he was lucky to know and sometimes work with Tom. As a much-travelled author, lecturer and photographer himself, Hamish was delighted to put together this selection of Tom's work.
Weir S World
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Author : Tom Weir
language : en
Publisher: Steve Savage Publishers Ltd
Release Date : 2018-11-22
Weir S World written by Tom Weir and has been published by Steve Savage Publishers Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-22 with Travel categories.
Born in Glasgow in 1914, the son of a locomotive engine-fitter, Tom Weir began tramping the hills near the city whenever he could. In 1939 he left his steady job at the Co-op and embarked on a life of writing and adventure. After wartime military service, he joined the first postwar Himalayan expedition. In this autobiographical book, Tom shares the excitement and the challenge of mountain-climbing and of discovering varied lands and cultures - travelling in the Lofoten Islands, Nepal, Morocco, Kurdistan, Corsica and Yugoslavia - and describes walks and climbs in many parts of his beloved Scotland.
It S A Fine Day For The Hill
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Author : Adam Watson
language : en
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Release Date : 2011
It S A Fine Day For The Hill written by Adam Watson and has been published by Paragon Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Adam Watson's interest in snow began at 7, the Cairngorms at 9, mountaineering and ski-mountaineering in later boyhood. His book recounts many fine days on the hill in Scotland, Iceland and northern Scandinavia on foot or ski, often on his own in wonderful places that excited him beyond measure. He tells what it was like to be with four remarkable Scots who greatly influenced him as a young naturalist and mountaineer, Seton Gordon, Bob Scott o the Derry, Tom Weir and Tom Patey. The beauty and variety of the hill, the weather and the wildlife were and are an inspiration to him, and his descriptions touch on this. In these modern times of pervasive regulation and politically correct control, this book is a breath of fresh air as a proclamation of the value and wonder that are the greatest joys of lone exploration on the spur of the moment. Author Adam Watson, BSc, PhD, DSc, DUniv, raised in lowland Aberdeenshire, is a retired research ecologist aged 80. He began lifelong interests on winter snow in 1937, snow patches in 1938, the Cairngorms in 1939. A mountaineer and ski-mountaineer since boyhood, he has experienced Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, mainland Canada, Newfoundland, Baffin Island, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Vancouver Island and Alaska. His main research was and is on population biology, behaviour and habitat of northern birds and mammals. In retirement he has contributed 16 scientific publications on snow patches since 1994. He is a Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Royal Meteorological Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Society of Biology. Since 1954 he has been a member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club and since 1968 author of the Club's District Guide to the Cairngorms. This book is testimony to the idea that Exploring for yourself by your own free will, without formal courses or training, is the best joy the hills can give (my Preface, The Cairngorms, 1975). Now I would add 'without detailed planning', for my best days have been lone trips begun without such planning, indeed on the spur of moment and weather, almost chance events. Four chapters salute Scots to whom I owed much as a young naturalist and mountaineer, Seton Gordon, Bob Scott, Tom Patey and Tom Weir. They held to the above idea. Reading Seton Gordon's Cairngorm Hills of Scotland in 1939 changed my life. I wanted to be in these hills at all seasons. Exploration by one's own free will is best pervaded by humility and wonder. Alien to this are avalanche alerts, 'challenge' walks, 'character-building', courses, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, guided walks, hill-runs, interpretive boards, marker cairns, outdoor centres, qualifications, rangers, route-cards, school outings, signposts, sponsored walks, tests of snowpack stability, text messages sent as avalanche alerts to mobile phones, transceivers, visitor centres, 'walk of the day', wardens, and 'wilderness walks'. Also alien are Munros, Corbetts and other anthropocentric designations, those who 'bag' them as if hills were shot birds, and assault, attack, battle, conquer, conquest, fight, vanquish and victory as if hills were enemies. Many with flashing camera, global positioning, map, compass, mobile phone, and survival equipment are unsafe, as rescue accounts often reveal. Even climbers have been rescued after neglecting navigation on easy ground after completing rock climbs or ice climbs. Those who behave as if alone on an icecap when nobody else knows where they are and no help is possible, have greater inherent safety. They are also more likely to understand and appreciate the hill and its weather, snow, wildlife and indigenous folk.
Journal
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Author : Manchester Geographical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Journal written by Manchester Geographical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.
Lectures Delivered Before The Dublin Young Men S Christian Association In Connexion With The United Churches Of England And Ireland During The Year 1863
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Author : Young Men's Christian Association (Dublin, Ireland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Lectures Delivered Before The Dublin Young Men S Christian Association In Connexion With The United Churches Of England And Ireland During The Year 1863 written by Young Men's Christian Association (Dublin, Ireland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with categories.
The Journal Of The Manchester Geographical Society
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
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A Choice Collection Of Very Valuable Prefaces Lectures And Sermons
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Author : James Renwick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1776
A Choice Collection Of Very Valuable Prefaces Lectures And Sermons written by James Renwick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1776 with Covenanters categories.
A Choice Collection Of Very Valuable Prefaces Lectures And Sermons Preached Upon The Mountains And Muirs Of Scotland By James Renwick The Fourth Edition To Which Are Added The Form And Order Of The Admission Of Ruling Elders A Reply To Mr Langlan S Letter To Gavin Wotherspoon And A Testimony To The Truths Of God By The Same Author
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Author : James Renwick (Presbyterian Minister.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1777
A Choice Collection Of Very Valuable Prefaces Lectures And Sermons Preached Upon The Mountains And Muirs Of Scotland By James Renwick The Fourth Edition To Which Are Added The Form And Order Of The Admission Of Ruling Elders A Reply To Mr Langlan S Letter To Gavin Wotherspoon And A Testimony To The Truths Of God By The Same Author written by James Renwick (Presbyterian Minister.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1777 with categories.