LEGENDARY mountaineer Doug Scott gives a fascinating insight into how a lad born in Nottingham during the darkest days of WWII got into climbing on the Black Rocks in Derbyshire – aided with nothing but his mother’s clothes line, and how this led him to Everest in 1975.
At dusk on September 24, Doug and Dougal Haston became the first Britons to reach the summit of Everest as lead climbers on Chris Bonington’s epic expedition to the mountain’s south-west face.
As darkness fell they scraped a small cave in the snow 100 metres below the summit and survived the highest bivouac ever – without bottled oxygen, sleeping bags and, as it turned out, frostbite.
Proceeds from the evening will support the work of Community Action Nepal canepal.org.uk
Tickets for the Doug Scott event are £15 full price (£13 concessions) from Theatr Mwldan’s box office on 01239 621200 or online at mwldan.co.uk
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