Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
W. H. Murray

Born: March 18, 1913
Died: March 19, 1996 (aged 83)
Bio: William Hutchison Murray was a Scottish mountaineer and writer, one of a group of active mountain climbers, mainly from Clydeside, before and just after World War II.
Known for:
- Rob Roy MacGregor: His Life and Times (1982)
- Mountaineering in Scotland (1947)
- The Story of Everest (1953)
- Scotland's Mountains (1987)






