The Evidence of Things Not Seen by W H Murray

The Evidence of Things Not Seen by W H Murray

The Evidence of Things Not Seen is the W.H. Murray's award-winning autobiography. Murray recounts his extraordinary life, from his involvement in WWII to exploratory climbs in the Himalaya.

A big, quiet book that resonated beyond the clamour of ego and conquest – Dermot Somers, Judge, Banff Mountain Festival of Literature and Culture.

This autobiography captures the huge scope of Murray's extraordinary life - I'd wager that many climbers under thirty have read little of Murray, seeing him as a remote figure from the past. This book has changed all that and made him relevant and current. – Ed Douglas, Climber Magazine.

Would it live up to expectations? The answer is a resounding yes. Murray's words of optimism, insight and humility flow from each page, No inflated ego, no cynicism, no backbiting - and no false modesty either. – Jim Curran, High.

Through the concise and page-turning war days we learn that the author spent two years scribing Mountaineering in Scotland on toilet paper. The Gestapo found the then manuscript, interrogated Murray and then destroyed it, believing it was coded intelligence information. Over the next two years Murray describes how he forced himself to rewrite the book. – Jonathan Waterman, American Alpine Journal.

Bill Murray married a poet and the poetic sensibility which so often gives his work its depth is on display here. Its prose enhanced by pages of sumptuous photographs, valuable artefacts of climbing history in themselves, The Evidence of Things Not Seen is the memorial Murray deserves. Like a Highland sunset, his talent flared in glory one final time. – David Rose, The Guardian.

W.H. Murray was born in Liverpool in 1913. Two years later his father was killed at Gallipoli, so his family moved back to Glasgow where Murray spent his childhood, school and college years before beginning a career in banking. He made his first climbs in 1934 and later joined a talented group of climbers in the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland. Murray describes how they strove to regain the dynamism of the early Scottish climbing that had been lost in the trauma of the Great War. After surviving long periods as a prisoner of war, attributed by some to his study of philosophy, Murray returned to mountaineering and later took part in key Himalayan expeditions of the 1950s. In 1951 Murray was on the critical reconnaissance that established a potential route up Everest via the Khumbu Icefall. Marrying happily, Murray built a career as a writer and conservationist, writing Highland Landscape, a counsel of protection, for the National Trust of Scotland. Murray died in 1996, and The Evidence of Things not Seen was published posthumously.

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ISBN 13	9781898573241
ISBN 10	1898573247
Title	The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Author	W H Murray
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Baton Wicks Publications
Year published	2002-05-01
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Winner of Banff Mountain Book Festival James Monroe Thorington Award for Mountaineering History 2002, Short-listed for Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2002
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.