Commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry he was soon in action in the Western Desert in a last ditch defence to slow the advance of Rommel's tanks. After capture, there followed a long period of incarceration during which he wrote Mountaineering in Scotland.

In the post-war years, after a brief investigation of monastic life, he returned to climbing in time to enjoy the wonderfully harsh winter of 1946 / 47. A further setback took place in his 1949 alpine season with a crunching accident in the Dauphiné in company with Michael Ward and the first BMC Secretary, John Barford, who died in the incident. The years 1950-53 saw him involved in Himalayan travel with trips to the Garhwal, the Everest region and a traverse of the Api Range.

Thereafter writing, home mountaineering, and marriage predominated during which he played a crucial role in the Scottish environmental struggle against the predations of the Forestry and Hydro Electric industries.

Murray's observations of a steadily changing world and mountain scene are both enlightening and thought-provoking and his book will be studied for years to come for its metaphysical / philosophical comment. For climbers his Himalayan travels (superbly illustrated in this book) will inspire as they are in the great traditions established by the earlier explorers - Longstaff, Kellas and Meade.

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