The Evidence of Things Not Seen: A Mountaineer's Tale

The Evidence of Things NotSeen is the autobiography of remarkable mountaineer, writer andenvironmentalist W.H.Murray. After being introduced to climbing in hisearly twenties, Murray’s relationship with the outdoors was shaped as much byhis time on the mountains as away from them.His early Scottish climbs werebrought to a halt by the Second World War, which saw him spend three years as aNazi prisoner of war.These years were devoted to not only to philosophicalstudy, but also to writing his classic Mountaineering in Scotlandnot once, but twice, on toilet paper. The time to write aboutmountains only fuelled Murray’s enthusiasm to climb them.The regeneration inmountaineering that followed the war saw Murray complete three Himalayanexpeditions, alongside other iconic figures such as Doug Scott, Tom MacKinnonand Tom Weir, and Eric Shipton.He not only explored Himalayan peaks neverbefore attempted by westerners, but also established the crucial Khumbu Icefallroute up Everest, which paved the