The Old Man of Hoy is a 449 foot high sandstone pillar located just off Hoy, second largest of the Orkney Islands. Highly subject to the North Atlantic weather it was carved by erosion from the nearby cliffs and will eventually, perhaps soon, collapse into the sea. It was first climbed by the crack team of Bonington, Baillie and Patey in 1966 and remains one of the premier challenges of British rock climbing. From the moment he watched the televised ascent of the Old Man of Hoy, Red Sz???ll knew his life would be ...
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The Old Man of Hoy is a 449 foot high sandstone pillar located just off Hoy, second largest of the Orkney Islands. Highly subject to the North Atlantic weather it was carved by erosion from the nearby cliffs and will eventually, perhaps soon, collapse into the sea. It was first climbed by the crack team of Bonington, Baillie and Patey in 1966 and remains one of the premier challenges of British rock climbing. From the moment he watched the televised ascent of the Old Man of Hoy, Red Sz???ll knew his life would be incomplete until he too stood atop Europe's tallest sea stack. Those dreams went dark at nineteen when he learned he was going blind, and for twenty years he ignored the pangs of regret and desire every time the Old Man appeared again in his life. He was still climbing, but only indoors until he shared his dream with his buddies, Matthew and Andres, and, with an ever growing following looking on, they set out to confront the Orcadian giant. The Blind Man of Hoy is his story.
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New. At thirteen Red Szell watched a documentary of Chris Bonington and Tom Patey climb the Old Man of Hoy. Soon he was tackling his first crags. At nineteen he learned he was going blind. Twenty years later, with the help of mountain guides Martin Moran, Nick Carter and adventure cameraman Keith Partridge, Red set out to confront the Orcadian giant. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 272. 2015. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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