William Hutchinson Murray
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William Hutchinson Murray (18 March 1913 - 19 March 1996) was one of a group of active Scottish mountain climbers, mainly from Clydeside, before and just after World War 2. He wrote a book entitled Mountaineering In Scotland whilst spending time in a German Prisoner of War camp. The draft of the work was found by the Germans and destroyed by the Gestapo. The rewritten work was finally published in 1947 and was followed by the sequel, Undiscovered Scotland in 1951. Both concentrate on Scottish winter climbing and were widely credited with helping to inspire the post-war renaissance in the sport. Though written in an evocative, rather pantheistic, style, somewhat too romantic for modern tastes, they are of significant literary value.
Murray was Deputy leader to Eric Shipton on the 1951 Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, but failed to acclimatise at altitude and so was not included in the 1953 team. He was also part of the Api group in Nepal with John Tyson in 1953.