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A Short Walk With Whillans by Tom Patey
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A Short Walk With Whillans

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Narrator Graeme Malcolm

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Length 21 minutes
Language English
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Tom Patey, one of Scotland’s foremost climbers and mountaineers, was legendary for his pioneering ascents and boundless enthusiasm, and his carefree approach and ability to burn the candle at both ends. "A Short Walk With Whillans" was originally published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal in 1963. This selection is part of the full length audiobook, "Climb: Stories of Survival From Rock, Snow and Ice."

Tom Patey was one of Scotland’s foremost climbers and mountaineers. Hs 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, many decades after his untimely death.

Graeme Malcolm, with over 150 audiobooks to his credit, is an accomplished television, film and stage actor. He has been honored with an Audie Award for his narrative skills and was the 1998 recipient of the Narrator of the Year Award from the American Foundation For The Blind.

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