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 PeteC 09 Oct 2023

I've searched my well thumbed copy of One Man's Mountains for his saying 

'Masherbrum, Gasherbrum, Distaghil Sar

They all are good training for Dark Lochnagar'.

But failed to find it. Anyone know where it appears?

 Doug 09 Oct 2023
In reply to PeteC:

The recent biography of Tom Patey (One Man's Legacy: Tom Patey) quotes the same lines but no more. Apparently the song's called 'in praise o' the 'Gar'.

 Pedro50 09 Oct 2023
In reply to PeteC:

I've written it out placed it in my copy. Thanks.

 dr evil 09 Oct 2023
In reply to PeteC: may well have been published in the SMCJ

 Phil Kelly 09 Oct 2023
In reply to Doug:

There’s a CD called The Bar Room Mountaineers that includes some extracts of an impromptu session by Tom Patey at a party in Glencoe.

I’m not saying these lines or song is on it, but it’s s right good listen.

P

 Mark Bull 09 Oct 2023
In reply to PeteC:

The lines are quoted by Tom Weir in the article "Lochnagar" (about an ascent of Parallel A) in SMCJ 1960: https://simrich.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/SMCJ/Number%20151%20-%20Vol%202... (page 21) 

"The Aberdeen climbers sing a song which compares Lochnagar to the Himalayan giants. It goes something like:

Gasherbrum, Masherbrum, Distighil Sar,

They're very good training for Dark Lochnagar." 

OP PeteC 10 Oct 2023
In reply to Mark Bull:

Thanks for that Mark. Maybe it wasn't Patey at all.

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