David Bathgate's adventures continue from the great rock faces of Scotland to expeditions on Nevado Huandoy, Everest, Baffin Island and Tirich Mir, before carrying him into broadcasting and travels through the Hoggar, Egypt and Turkey. Told with warmth, candour and humour, this second volume follows a life shaped as much by friendship, love and curiosity as by danger and endurance. Brass Monkey: They'll Find Me in the Spring can be enjoyed as a standalone memoir, while readers wishing to follow David's remarkable story from the beginning can start with Book One, Brass Monkey: The Edinburgh Squirrels.
"Brilliant ... so many of the major mountaineering developments in a thorough and readable form. Personally, I could not put it down "