Number in series 59; Year of publication 1966 - Fell and Rock ...

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for hours.' One could indeed ... I could indeed . . . but
editors have deadlines and journals have limited space.
On the inside cover of his transcript of Robinson's diary,
Richard Hall wrote: 'The original lent to W. P. Haskett-
Smith, M.A., by Mrs. J. W. Robinson. W.P.H.S. is writing
a life of J.W.R. . . .' Was this life ever written Does it
perhaps exist in manuscript I should be most grateful for
any information about it or about anything else to do with
John Wilson Robinson. Pie merits much fuller treatment than
I have been able to give him here—and surely out of our pride
of Robinsons he is the one we ought to lionise.
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The author is anxious to contact anyone with material, information
or ideas concerning J. W. Robinson. His address is 16 Penrith Road,
Keswick.
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Continued from p.225
ZERO GULLY
The angle eased to 50° for a short stretch where I cut a
stance and belayed to a cluster of ice pitons, which at least
looked impressive. Jack led through and climbed quickly for
30 feet or so to where the ice again became vertical. This
steep section was quite short so with all the holds cut Jack
scaled it after the fashion of a boulder problem. It was quite
impressive to see him mantelshelf over the lip in crampons.
He was now on easy ground and could choose a belay at will.
The main difficulties were behind us but the thought of
descending in a few short seconds what had taken three hours
to climb made us move cautiously. Everything continued to
go like clockwork and by 4 p.m. we were eating oranges on
the summit of the Ben.