Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Jim Perrin

Born: 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Jim Perrin is an English rock climber and travel writer. He was born Ernest James Perrin in Manchester, England. As a writer, he has made regular contributions on travel, mountaineering, literature and the environment to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines.
Known for:
- The Villain: A Portrait of Don Whillans (2005)
- Shipton and Tilman (2013)
- Menlove (1985)
- Travels with The Flea (2011)
- Snowdon: The Story of a Welsh Mountain (2012)