Doug Scott's Ogre Book......

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guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 18, 2017 - 12:01pm PT
Biography of a mountain and the dramatic first ascent.

stevep

Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
Oct 18, 2017 - 03:58pm PT
Looks very good...I saw a lecture of his back in the early 90s, it was well worth it.

Guido, what website did you grab that from? I wouldn't mind getting an autographed copy.
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2017 - 04:42pm PT
Forget but you can try his website:

https://www.dougscottmountaineering.co.uk

He spends a great deal of his time in Nepal nowadays.
Kalimon

Social climber
Ridgway, CO
Oct 18, 2017 - 08:35pm PT
Thanks guido! Doug Scott has inspired many an aspiring mountaineer. Thank you Mr. Scott.
AP

Trad climber
Calgary
Oct 19, 2017 - 08:35am PT
I saw his show in the 70's. It was about the Ogre and his route on Denali with Haston.
A tent manufacturer gave Doug a prototype "best mountain tent in the world" for Denali basecamp.
When Doug and Dougal came back down all that was left of the tent was a corner square anchored to the snow/ice. Doug took a picture and sent a nasty letter to the company.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Oct 19, 2017 - 08:44am PT
^^^^ That’s why smart people build igloos at base camp on Denali. ;-)

It looks a good read. How many ‘Ogre’ mountains are out there anyway?
TwistedCrank

climber
Released into general population, Idaho
Oct 19, 2017 - 09:36am PT
Nuff said.
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
Oct 19, 2017 - 09:53am PT
That'll be a great read I'm sure. Doug is a class act all the way.
Years ago Doug came to Jackson, Wy. to do a slide show. I was supposed to go climbing with him for the day but it was pissing rain. We went to the indoor gym instead. Doug was climbing some route and using every hold he could reach. Some kid ,who had no idea who he was ,told him he was only supposed to use the yellow taped holds. Doug looked down at him and said "If you don't use the holds you'll never get up anything". We went and had a beer afterwards and laughed about "kids".
Patrick Sawyer

climber
Originally California now Ireland
Oct 20, 2017 - 03:06am PT
Who remembers this book?

steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Oct 20, 2017 - 05:14am PT
Just a few years ago, my wife and I were visiting John Porter, who is an old friend of mine. John is a good friend of Doug Scott, and Chris Bonnington, and they all live close to each other in the town of Calbech, in the Lake District.
I was chatting with Doug and mentioned to him that I still solo occasionally.
Doug looked over at my wife and said rather sternly, " you better tell him to stop doing that"! I thought that was funny.
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