page_title: Norman Heathcote
section_title: Journal articles
hierarchical_section_title: Norman Heathcote / St Kilda / Journal articles
caption_attribution_description: English: "Landing place on Stac Lii", illustration from "Climbing in St Kilda" by Norman Heathcote. Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal Volume 6 Number 5, May 1901. Stac Lii, now known as Stac Lee.
context_page_description: John Norman Heathcote was a British author, watercolourist and photographer, who wrote the book St Kilda, published in 1900, about the Scottish Hebridean archipelago of St Kilda.
context_section_description: He also published a paper "A Map of St Kilda" in the Geographical Journal of 1900 describing his surveying methods in producing the map that was included in the St Kilda book. Except at Village Bay on Hirta it is difficult to climb down to the shore and indeed from the top of the cliffs it is often impossible to conveniently see the coast. At Soay and Boreray he did not even try to get his theodolite ashore. A year later in "Climbing in St Kilda" in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal he gave an account of his experiences climbing. He gave details of climbing Stac Lee saying it was "comparatively easy" although getting ashore onto the stack was "a most appalling undertaking" involving jumping ashore and climbing an overhanging cliff covered in slippery seaweed to a stanchion 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level. He recommended taking off boots and climbing in socks.
caption: Landing on Stac Lee (from "Climbing in St Kilda")
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