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My blog nick-name is SIR HUGH. I'm not from the aristocracy - my middle name is Hugh which relates to the list of 282 hills in Scotland compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891. I climbed my last one (Sgurr Mor) on 28th June 2009

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Friday, 10 January 2025

ARTICLE: Allan Austin Obituary – A Prophet of Purism

https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/allan_austin_obituary__a_prophet_of_purism-16128
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4 comments:

  1. BC10 January 2025 at 10:54

    Thanks for this morning's read. An excellent article.
    I never saw him climb, did you in your Bradford days?
    Dave Miller told me he had done routes with him and Brian Evans..

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  2. Sir Hugh10 January 2025 at 11:27

    BC - I have a tenuous connection. My older brother Rod's best friend was Richard Ruffe, brother of Alan's wife Jennifer Ruffe. Also Their younger brother, Philip Ruffe was in my form at Bradford Grammar School as well as Peter Clough, younger brother of Ian Clough. I did climb on Baildon Bank a couple of times with Philip and Peter, but I never had any climbing connection with Alan. Richard, my brother's pal was a highly qualified electrical engineer working on top secret missile and underwater guidance systems. He also had a phenomenal knowledge and love of classical music at both appreciation and technical levels. He was a very great lifelong friend to my brother and one of the few people who had a strong influence on him. Sadly Richard died from MND about fifteen years ago. At Richard's funeral I sat on a table at the reception afterwards with Alan and Philip.

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  3. Sir Hugh10 January 2025 at 11:36

    By the way, I think it was in 1969, I went on a snow and ice course in Glencoe run by Ian Clough and Hamish Mc Innes. Ian was one of the kindest and ,most considerate people I have met during my life. Hamish had little patience with those trying to learn.

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  4. Sir Hugh10 January 2025 at 11:37

    Allan not Alan.

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