"When he got back, I drove to see him in hospital just outside Oswestry and took him out for a pub lunch. With Lindsay you know that you have to put up with a long introductory bout of modesty from him, which is one of his many endearing qualities. He had written for me before, he was an Alpine Club guidebook writer and he'd climbed all over the world and, more to the point, he had a smashed leg and wasn't going anywhere for a while "
Geoff Birtles recollects here:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=725 
