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	TAC 55: Haston, la vista
		Haston's diary entries, in the manner of Nietzsche's text, are written in a very forthright style which often startles and offends.
		Dougal Haston was a poor boy from Currie who rose to the top of the mountaineering world in the space of 16 years between 1959 and 1976.
		Haston was exactly the opposite, possessing only an adequate technique but purifying strength and will to the point where no achievement lay beyond him in his chosen sphere.
	www.bubl.ac.uk /org/tacit/tac/tac55/hastonla.htm (687 words)

	Dougal Haston
		Dougal Haston (1940-1977) was a Scottish mountaineer born in Currie, Edinburgh.
		In 1970, with Don Whillans, he was the first to climb the south face of Annapurna on an expedition led by Chris Bonington and in 1975, with Doug Scott, he was the first to climb Mount Everest by the south-west face, also on an expedition led by Bonington.
		In fact, this honour went to Bonington and Ian Clough in 1962, but Haston was the first Briton to climb the Nordwand by the direttissima, or most direct route, on the first attempt in 1966 with the American John Harlin.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Dougal_Haston (226 words)

	Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk for as low as $4.40 at The Gaming Outpost. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dougal was one of the lucky lads born at just the right time to come of age in the `60's when his special type of charisma was coin of the realm.
		Haston, except for his genius on the mountain, was not an admirable man. He had no particular interest in money, but didn't care how he came by it taking advantage of his friends and forgetting favors.
		Haston's early climbs (with no map of course, so no one outside of Scotland has a clue of what he is talking about!).
	www.gamingoutpost.com /shop/pr/184195215X/si/books/dougal_haston_the_philosophy_of_risk (1418 words)

	The Scots-Irish Theory of Daniel's Roots
		Haston is a surname that is known to be native to Scotland.
		The late Dougal Haston, of Mt Everest and Mt McKinley climbing fame, was born in Scotland.
		Dougal said that he believed that the Hestan/Haston family of Scotland descended from the ancient Vikings who used to winter their ships on the Isle of Hestan, and other islands of the Auchencairn Bay along the southern coast of Scotland, in preparation of invasions of Britain.
	www.danielhaston.com /roots/scots-irish/scots-irish.htm (4434 words)

	Dougal Haston - Books From Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Prehaps the most colourful character in British mountaineering, and a man who commanded international respect, Dougal Haston was one of the world's first mountaineers and a man with a rock-star-like reputation for heavy drinking, brawling and womanizing.
		Dougal led the first ascent of the Eiger Direct, featured in the BBC's "Old Man of Hoy" and performed startling feats on Everest and other great mountains.
		Jeff Connor had full access to Dougal's private journals, and reveals his developing ideas on philosophy - as well as his true thoughts on his peers - bringing to life one of the sport's most enduring figures.
	www.booksfromscotland.com /Books/Dougal-Haston-1841953407 (115 words)

	Dougal Haston (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dougal Haston (1940-1977) was a Scottish mountaineer born in Currie, Edinburgh.
		With Doug Scott in 1975, he was the first to climb Mount Everest by the south-west face.
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	www.mispedia.org /Dougal_Haston.html (115 words)

	TAC 55: Haston, la vista
		Haston's diary entries, in the manner of Nietzsche's text, are written in a very forthright style which often startles and offends.
		Dougal Haston was a poor boy from Currie who rose to the top of the mountaineering world in the space of 16 years between 1959 and 1976.
		Haston was exactly the opposite, possessing only an adequate technique but purifying strength and will to the point where no achievement lay beyond him in his chosen sphere.
	bubl.ac.uk /org/tacit/TAC/tac55/hastonla.htm (687 words)

	EverestHistory.com: Dougal Haston
		When Dougal Haston was born in the parish of Currie on the West Side of Edinburgh in 1940 his future was set.
		Even with the war on Haston seemed destined to follow in the footsteps of countless others into a life of work in the mills and shops and on into obscurity.
		Haston’s exploits away from the climbing routes were as legendary as his feats of mountaineering.
	www.everesthistory.com /climbers/dougalhaston.htm (457 words)

	SuperClimb
		Haston has become one of the most recognisable names in climbing, not only for his outstanding ability and daring on the rock and in the big mountains of the world, but for his existentialistic views and self reflection on his own reality and the wild and debauchrous lifestyle he was famed for in between.
		Dougal Haston: Philosophy of Risk, the latest biography of the Scottish climber embodies all of these sides of the same man and attempts to spread a complete picture of what was a very complex and varied character.
		It is progressive in that it may further the catalyst surrounding a new approach to climbing biographies that focus’ away from the ‘then he did this and climbed that’ approach to the study of the motives and inner world that rests within the climbers mind.
	www.superclimb.co.za /default.asp?id=86752&des=article&scat=superclimb/bookreview (433 words)

	Dougal Haston - Glasglidius (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1970, with Don Whillans, he was the first to climb the south face of Annapurna on an expedition led by Chris Bonington and in 1975, with Doug Scott, he was the first to climb Mount Everest by the south-west face, also on an expedition led by Bonington.
		In fact, this honour went to Bonington and Ian Clough in 1962, but Haston was the first Briton to climb the Nordwand by the direttissima, or most direct route, on the first attempt in 1966 with the American John Harlin.
		Later, he became director of the International Climbing School at Leysin, where he was killed by an avalanche while skiing alone on the North-East face of La Riondaz to the Col Luisset.
	www.glasglow.com /e/?title=Dougal_Haston (265 words)

	Amazon.com: Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk: Books: Jeff Connor
		Connor traces Haston's career from Scotland to the heights of Everest, Anapurna, and Mount McKinley; from his working-class background in the small village of Currie through his antiestablishment years in college and the fatal accident that drove him abroad; to his fearsome drinking and womanizing and, eventually, fulfillment and peace.
		Dougal was one of the lucky lads born at just the right time to come of age in the `60's when his special type of charisma was coin of the realm.
		Haston, except for his genius on the mountain, was not an admirable man. He had no particular interest in money, but didn't care how he came by it taking advantage of his friends and forgetting favors.
	www.amazon.com /Dougal-Haston-Philosophy-Jeff-Connor/dp/1841953407 (1538 words)

	Dougal Haston (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Haston went on to make his name as mountaineer in the Alps and greater ranges.
		In 1966 he was part of the team that made the first winter ascent of the infamous Eiger Nordwand.
		Haston was Director of the International School of Mountaineering at Leysin, Switzerland from 1967 until his death in 1977.
	www.a2zpeople.com /d/do/dougal+haston.asp (207 words)

	Paperback - Dougal Haston The Philosophy of Risk - Canongate Home
		The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures.
		A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star's lifestyle with a career at the cutting edge of world mountaineering, Haston remains a cult figure whose deeds have inspired generations of climbers world-wide.
		'Dougal Haston was not only one of Britain's most outstanding mountaineers, he was the closest to being a cult figure.'
	www.canongate.net /DougalHastonThePhilosophyOfRisk/Paperback (182 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 24 \| 1975: First Britons conquer Everest
		Dougal Haston and Doug Scott have become the first Britons to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.
		Mr Haston, who runs the International School of Mountaineering in Switzerland, and Mr Scott, a mountain lecturer from Nottingham, had failed twice to conquer the route.
		Dougal Haston was killed in a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps in 1977.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/24/newsid_2538000/2538093.stm (373 words)

	The Sports Book Shop.: Mountaineering: Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This biography is meticulous in its approach and does not try to explain the man in the context of his times, instead the reader is left to judge Haston on the bear bones of his achievements and failings.
		The title of the biography 'The Philosophy of Risk' is never clearly explained which I found disappointing though this might have been because Haston did not appear to have a coherent philosophy of anything.
		This is a warts n all rundown of Dougals life fromclimbing on railway bridges in currie, to climbing himlayan giants with bonington and co.
	www.sailtrain.co.uk /sportsbookstore/shop.php?c=mountain&n=1025612&i=1841953407&a=reviews&p=1&x=Dougal_Haston_The_Philosophy_of_Risk (368 words)

	MountainZone.com Photography with Doug Scott Interview, 2001
		He and Scotsman Dougal Haston made history on the world's highest peak at the dicey conclusion of their epic ordeal, which will be remembered forever by the title of the book it engendered, Everest the Hard Way.
		Scott, at 32, was already one of the most free-thinking climbers of his generation, and the more experienced Haston was by then at the very pinnacle of the profession.
		The pair had reached the summit of Everest by the Southwest Face, a difficult and technical new route, to arrive at what Haston called a "unique moment in our lives." For Scott, that summit was "everything and more that a summit should be.
	www.mountainzone.com /photo/2001/html/doug_scott.html (785 words)

	En Hauts Lieux - Dougal Haston
		Dougal Haston est mort au moment où la traduction française de son livre sort en librairie.
		Avant tout homme d'action, Dougal Haston n'avait aucun sens de l'organisation; il eut la chance de rencontrer des hommes aptes à organiser les expéditions auxquelles il prenait part.
		Dougal Haston n'est devenu bon conteur qu'en devenant plus sûr de lui, après sa brillante réussite à la face sud de l'Annapurna.
	www.masse-fr.com /critiques/lieux_haston.html (497 words)

	The Summit Journal: Book Review - THE VILLAIN: A Portrait of Don Whillans by Richard Ryan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When squat, hirsuite Don Whillans and lean, boyish-looking Dougal Haston summitted Annapurna by its south face in 1970, one could almost pretend that Gimli the Dwarf and Legolas the Elf had just notched one of the finest accomplishments in the history of mountaineering.
		Both a superlative climber and also a shrewd judge of character and abilities, Bonnington decided early in the climb that Whillans and Haston were the strongest and most gifted of his team - and was willing to alienate or anger other members to position his dynamic duo for their summit push.
		In an affront to the usual alpine team ethos ("Those who hump the heaviest loads make the summit team") Whillans and Haston carried little and preserved their considerable strength, while Bonnington steadied his gaze and leveled the pair like a weapon at that visionary height.
	www.summitjournal.com /articles/bookfilm/the_villain.html (834 words)

	Overview of Dougal Haston
		Born in Currie (Midlothian), Haston became a member of the UK team which conquered the south face of Annapurna (1970).
		The same year, Haston was involved in the first ascent of the South-West face of Mount McKinley in Alaska.
		Haston was inducted as one of the first members of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst326.html (205 words)

	Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk - ISBN 1841953407 - Publisher: Canongate
		Perhaps the most colourful character in British mountaineering, and a man who commanded international respect, Dougal Haston was one of the world's first mountaineers and a man with a rock-star-like reputation for heavy drinking, brawling and womanizing.
		Dougal led the first ascent of the Eiger Direct, featured in the BBC's "Old Man of Hoy" and performed startling feats on Everest and other great mountains.
		Jeff Connor had full access to Dougal's private journals, and reveals his developing ideas on philosophy - as well as his true thoughts on his peers - bringing to life one of the sport's most enduring figures.
	www.cordee.co.uk /CNP052.php (166 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 24 \| 1975: The Everest apprentice
		This time, he and climbing partner Dougal Haston got to just over 26,000ft (7,925m) on the unclimbed south-west face before being turned back by a violent storm.
		Scott was again partnered with Haston, whom he describes as "one of the greats" of Himalayan climbing.
		Despite problems with Haston's oxygen set and having to wade through chest-deep powder snow below the south summit, Scott says he experienced a "calm prescience" during the last hours of the climb.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/witness/september/24/newsid_4185000/4185568.stm (1036 words)

	Chessler Books :: DOUGAL HASTON: THE PHILOSOPHY OF RISK 1st UK edition (Jeff Connor)
		Haston was a brilliant climber, noted for his Eiger Direct climb with Harlin and the first Briton to climb Everest, and a difficult personality.
		Connor traces Haston's career from Scotland to the heights of Everest, Annapurna, and Mount McKinley; from his working-class background in the small village of Currie through his antiestablishment years in college and the fatal accident that drove him abroad; to his fearsome drinking and womanizing and, eventually, fulfillment and peace.
		This is the definitive biography of one of mountaineering's most exciting, charismatic, and controversial figures, containing fascinating extracts from Haston's own journals and diaries.
	www.chesslerbooks.com /eCart/viewItem.asp?idProduct=2255 (190 words)

	TAC 63: Who needs enemies?
		He chides the author for holding a grudge against Dougal Haston which should have been long forgotten; he commandeers Slesser's most amusing anecdote in the first paragraph; but best of all, in a supreme pot/kettle/nigritude dispute, he accuses Slesser of being a man who doesn't suffer fools gladly.
		Haston he likes even less: "odious", a "scrounger" and (probably) a thief; strangely, like Smith, Haston incurred Slesser's enmity by desecrating his home-from-home.
		Haston squatted in and vandalised the Lagangarbh hut, of which Slesser was custodian.
	www.bubl.ac.uk /org/tacit/TAC/tac63/tac63whoneeds.htm (869 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Dougal Haston: The Philosophy of Risk: Books: Jeff Connor
		This is a warts n all rundown of Dougals life fromclimbing on railway bridges in currie, to climbing himlayan giants with bonington and co.
		This biography is meticulous in its approach and does not try to explain the man in the context of his times, instead the reader is left to judge Haston on the bear bones of his achievements and failings.
		The title of the biography 'The Philosophy of Risk' is never clearly explained which I found disappointing though this might have been because Haston did not appear to have a coherent philosophy of anything.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Dougal-Haston-Philosophy-Risk/dp/184195215X (664 words)

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