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This book has been designed, produced and edited to the highest standards and is a delight to handle. It furnishes a multi-faceted pen-portrait of the celebrated Pen y Gwryd Hotel, an old coaching inn which presides over remote moorland on the junction of two historic roads in the very heart of Snowdonia. It has been there since 1810 and already had a rich and fascinating history before it was famously colonised by the team that first climbed Everest as they prepared for their expedition of 1953. Since then it has become a site of pilgrimage for many, and a cosy retreat for others, a quirky place for climbers and walkers to find like-minded friends and to meet interesting characters whilst paying homage to the famous mountaineers, climbers and celebrities whose signatures adorn the ceiling of the residents' lounge known as the smoke room or, in these more enlightened times, the Everest room. The editors have solicited disparate contributions from a wide range of people with connections to the hostelry. Taken in total, they give a varied, mosaic picture of the place from many angles including staff, both long and short term, frequent residents, and those who occasionally called in to slake their thirst after a hard day on the hills. It holds a fascination and magnetic attraction for all of these people. The section on the Everest room gives us short biographies of the august characters whose signatures grace the ceiling a veritable who's-who of world mountaineering. The hotel has had an amazing number of famous visitors, including Charles Kingsley, Thomas Hughes (of Tom Brown's Schooldays) Ed Hillary, Jan Morris, Sherpa Tenzing and his son, John Hunt, Roger Bannister, Chris Brasher and Joe Brown, to name but a few. Even the Beatles passed through, it seems. Most of the vignettes are somewhat reverential, and it is evident that there was a certain elitist, if not snobbish, regard for the eminent professional types who frequented the premises. I suspect that this has now gone. Of course, Jim Perrin's contribution provides a counterbalance. At the same time erudite, irreverent, cocky and kindly, it stands out as a piece of masterly writing among some of the more pedestrian accounts. The hotel served as a mountain rescue centre from 1904 to around 1959. From the effective efforts of early altruistic amateurs, a highly technical and successful service has evolved, and the Pen y Gwryd Hotel has made a significant contribution to today's sophisticated methods of saving those who get into difficulty in challenging terrain. Like the hotel itself, the book does a good job of humanising the climbing fraternity, which can seem so rarefied and exclusive as to leave the mere walker or naturalist demoralised, humbled or exasperated. The tales in this sumptuous and well-illustrated volume cover all these aspects and more. If you don't know this unique institution, you will be tempted to visit. If you are familiar with the PyG, you will enjoy the sheer variety of these tales, and no doubt learn something new about its disparate denizens. Richard Hartnup It is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgment should be included: A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council. Gellir defnyddio'r adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com, trwy ganiatd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. -- Welsh Books Council
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A unique portrayal of the Pen y Gwryd Hotel, home of British mountaineering in the heart of Snowdonia where the 1953 Everest Expedition stayed during their training for their historic adventure.
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- EditorialGomer Press
- Año de publicación2016
- ISBN 10 1785621491
- ISBN 13 9781785621499
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- Número de páginas278
- EditorGoodfellow Rob, Copeland Jonathan, O'Neill Peter
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