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foot on glaciers hitherto only names on a map. To a ripe age Harry Marsden was their com‐ panion. He would climb three or four thou‐ sand feet on a daily basis, more than matching the stamina and discipline of young men sev‐ eral decades his junior. He just revelled in the drama of it all. Harry kept a diary most of his life. Many will remember his superb, often poignant, wartime diary. He liked to chronicle interesting events, and so it was that details of many of the school camps were recorded. Some of the highlights he duly despatched to the ‘Scarborough Evening News’, thereby parents were kept well informed of their sons’ adven‐ tures. Some Scarborians may well remember the Switzerland camp of 1951. It was spent in Langwies, Arosa and Davos. The flavour of it is apparent in this old newspaper cutting which I unearthed some time ago. Harry takes up the story: ‘Our first camp was at Langwies, a village on the mountainside five miles down the valley from Arosa. As our camping site was very cramped, we found another, close to the town, moving into it on our third day. From here we made some mountain excursions in very hot weather and the novices soon discovered that sunbathing in strong Alpine sunshine is quickly followed by torturing discomfort. ‘We ascended the Arosa Weisshorn, a peak of 8,000 feet, an easy walk up, as Arosa is 5,000 feet above sea level. There was snow in patches on the northern side but the top was clear. We looked through the telescope on the summit at the distant Piz Palu range on the Italian border, all covered with vast snow‐ fields. ‘Our second expedition was harder, the ascent of the Rothorn, 9,000 feet. Half the campers volunteered for the climb. We decided that the party should stay the night at the Ramoz Hut, about an hour’s walk from the summit on the other side of the mountain, from which the descent to Arosa is easy. ‘The remaining campers had an easier day, 56 carrying food up to the hut, and then return‐ ing to attend the celebrations of 1st August, which is the Swiss National Day. ‘Things did not quite turn out as planned. The party did not reach the summit and finding conditions in the melting snow rather difficult, wisely returned to camp. ‘But up at the Ramoz Hut were one master and his fag, left there to prepare a meal for the party which failed to turn up. To relieve his anxiety, several of the climbers, on their return to camp, volunteered to go up to the Ramoz to tell him what had happened. Four were al‐ lowed to go with one master. (AR Wood, JD Belcher, P Hartley, J Stirling, and Mr Hinchliffe) and they arrived there at nightfall. ‘It was rather a remarkable feat – rather as if having spent a day climbing the Great Gable from Dungeon Gill one were asked on one’s return at 6 pm to run up to the top of Bow Fell after quarter of an hour’s rest. There was a very pleasant party at the hut that night. The In difficulties on the slopes of the Rothorn
ABOVE: Outside the Ramoz Hut. L to R: J Stirling, H Reynolds, H Marsden, G Hinch‐ liffe, Front, L to R: P Hartley, JD Belcher, D Hellmuth BELOW: Another day—near the summit of the Fluella Weisshorn L to R from top: G Taylor, A Rogerson, J Stirling, D Hellmuth, G Hinchliffe, ? , A Jarvis, AR Wood, P Hartley. 57 hut is delightful. It is high up on the moun‐ tainside, the door is on the latch, and you walk in to take possession of a delightful little house which has stove, fuel, beds, and blan‐ kets, pots and pans; everything you want, except food of course. You sign the visitors’ book, drop your hotel charges in the box provided, and clean up before you leave ready for the next comers. The place was spotless.’ The following morning dawned, bright, crys‐ tal clear, and tranquil in a way that is difficult to describe. We busied ourselves restoring the hut to the spotless condition in which we had found it. In buoyant mood we set off on the journey back to camp, the ‘sublime silence’ punctuated by that distinctive chuckling so well remembered by those Scarborians who long ago thronged the corridors of that old school at Westwood. OLD SCHOOL FRIENDS MEET AFTER 50 YEARS (Extracted from, and with acknowl‐ edgements to the Scarborough Evening News) Two Scarborough school friends who have not seen each other for more than 50 years were reunited in their old home town in No‐ vember last year. Ted Lancaster, 65 (1949‐54), and Roger Beau‐ mont 64 (1949‐54), were both pupils at the former Scarborough High School for Boys’ in Westwood. While surfing the internet last year Mr Lan‐ caster came across his old pal’s name on the SBHS section of the website Friends Re‐ united. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw his name”, he said. “I decided to send Roger a Christmas card by e‐mail and he wrote back.” “I had never forgotten Ted” said Mr Beau‐ mont, “I even remember what he said he wanted to do when he grew up.”
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