In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
> 'I cannot believe for one second that Ed Drummond would have pronounced it incorrectly in 1974 having spent so much time in North Wales among local climbers. '
I felt guilty for thinking exactly the same thing.
And on the subject of howlers, the hook he is shown carrying is a very, very modern one, and nothing like any that were available at the time. I'm disappointed to realise what a pedant I am, but these two inaccuracies did take some of the edge off for me.