num_pages: 392
description: Pioneering climbing in Scotland the 1930s, combat against Rommel's forces, three years in Nazi prison camps, and a near fatal alpine accident marked W.H.Murray's early life. Three exploratory Himalayan ventures followed including the critical 1951 reconnaissance trip that established the route by which Everest was climbed two years later. Thereafter he built a reputation as a writer and environmental polemicist and was deeply involved with the struggle to protect the Highlands from commercial exploitation.
language: English
title: The Evidence of Things Not Seen : A Mountaineer's Tale
titlecomplete: The Evidence of Things Not Seen : A Mountaineer's Tale
genres: Memoir, Mountaineering, Adventure
ratings_count: 24
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Boardman Tasker Prize
category: Mountain Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Phyllis and Don Munday Award
publisher: Baton Wicks Publications