Celebrating some of the extraordinary lecturers who visited the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in its early years…
read more Lecturers at the RSGS: the mystic, the future king, and the man who brought shrunken heads
Himalayas
Fanny Bullock Workman – a woman of substance
Mountaineer, geographer, lecturer, and fearless campaigner for women’s rights – Fanny Bullock Workman was a remarkable woman
Things they said: Sir Edmund Hillary
“Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it.” Sir Edmund Hillary
Bill Murray: a quiet man with a great vision
When mountaineer Bill Murray was captured by German soldiers in 1942, he had to find a way for his spirit to break free…
George Mallory – from life to legend
A mountaineer whose name is forever linked with Everest, George Mallory had an aura that drew people towards him – and you can still sense it, even today
Jo Woolf 
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