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description: When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first stood on the top of Mount Everest only a handful of people knew the debt of gratitude they owed not only to the mountains of North Wales but also to a little hotel in the lee of Snowdon.It was at the Pen y Gwryd Hotel (or 'PyG') that members of the 1953 Everest Expedition stayed during their training for that historic adventure and it subsequently became - and remains - a place of pilgrimage for mountaineers the world over.With an introduction by Jan Morris the Times reporter who accompanied that first successful expedition and broke the story to the world The Pen y Gwryd Tales from the Smoke Room tells the story of 'one of the great climbing inns of Europe' through series of anecdotes reminiscences and tributes including contributions by a veritable who's who of walkers climbers and writers. Darllennwch fersiwn Gymraeg o erthygl Ken Jones am Blodwen Pen y Gwryd ymaTable of Contents'Table of contents1.About the editors2. Rupert Pullee3. Jan Morris4.Walks from the Pen y Gwryd Geoffrey Pocock5.World mountaineering's 'holy grail': Neeraj Rana6.PyGlong may it never Chris Bonington7.Keep on a Rosemary Hocking8.A barman's Desmond Hall9.There was an Michael Ward10.The hotel on the John Blackmore11.Blodwen of Pen y Ken Jones12.Blodwen Pen y Ken Jones (in Welsh)13.Going to extremes to understand critical illnessXtreme Kay Mitchell14.You will just have to read Ed's Peter Hillary15.Peter Spencer Coppockthe man behind the Katharine Anne Lerman16.Climbers walkers and : Ffion White17.'Grandly present are their memories still': Tony Astill18.And there we Rebecca Stephens19.Throne of the Paul Newby20.A lace-trimmed apron and a feather Eliza Winkler21.Arthur Lockwood and the Pen y Rosie Lloyd22.The Pen y Gwryd Hotelfunctional Neil Robertson23.PyGReflections from Raggedass Jim Perrin24.The Pen y Gwryd Hotelgirls and boys and Betty Humphreys25.The Snowdon Alice Burton26.'I'll phone Joe Brown he'll know what to do': Joe Brown27.The Alpine Club and the Pen y Gwryd Anna Lawford28.PyG ... Rick Stein ... Jamie Dane Tobias29.Pen y Gwryd Rob Collister30.Chasing after Ed Webster31.Wartime Pen y Elaine Travis32.Where great memories are always William Bill Roache33.'Hats orff in the house!': Caradoc 'Crag' Jones34.Wetter inside than Ben Reedy35.The PyG undeniably the centre of British climbing Doug Scott36.In memory of Chris John Neill37.Pen y Gwryd Ann Verity38.The Rucksack ClubConcerning Mike Dent39.Walking Andy Harbach40.'Whatever Mr Briggs says is true': Chuck Evans41.Pen y Gwryd Joseph Blackburn42.In memory of Jo John Disley43.All you need is love love  and a television Chris Warren44.PyG David Matthews45.A Longland family Nick Longland46.The PyG has  gone to the Nicola Maysmor47.The PyG sitefrom Legio XX Valeria Victrix to the Harvey Lloyd48.Dipping into the Locked Book 18841953: Harvey Lloyd49.Reach higher and seek the strength H.P.S. Ahluwalia50.People are Gwyn Berry51.The Welsh 3000s Gordon Lindsay Jones52.Flying in to the Norbu Tenzing Norgay53.Reminiscences of a PyG maida fictional account the founding of the Pinnacle Club 1921: Margaret Clennett54.'Put up a flare  the people will come from the mountains': Chris Lloyd55.Chris Hugh Brasher56.The man upon the Paul Carling57.The PyG-Andalusian sherry Miryam MacPherson58.Charles Kingsley and the Pen y Piers J. Hale59.Remember to take abseil gear to the Julian Freeman-Attwood60.The Everest Christine Birch61.Everest Room key62.The smallest churches in Ken Smith63.The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club and the Pen y Michael Smith64.Moulam's Jim Milledge65.Notes on conducting essential mountaineering background Mike Conlon66.The PyGa home for all Emily Pitts'
language: English
title: The Pen y Gwryd Hotel: Tales from the Smoke Room
publisher: Casemate Publishers