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Walt Unsworth
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| Address |
Harmony Hall
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MILNTHORPE
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Cumbria
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LA7 7QE
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015395 62112
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Unsworth@owg.org.uk
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| Born and educated in Lancashire; became a full time writer, specialising in walking, climbing and more general travel. Visited many countries, either privately or as a guest of tourist boards or travel companies. Formerly the editor of Climber magazine and editorial adviser to Holmes McDougall, I named and helped to launch The Great Outdoors (now TGO). Founder and editorial director of Cicerone Press, but my editorial days are behind me now.
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| 1992 ITAS 1st Prize for Mountain Literature (Trento Festival) – Premio Assoluto; 1996 OWG Golden Eagle Award; 2003 Hon Life Member of OWG.
| Everest (revised edition, 1999); The Mountaineers Anthology Vol IV, 2003. Illustrated articles on various mountain areas, New Zealand, Jordan, Pollino, Patagonia etc.
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| Main areas of interest | |
| Overseas walking tours; river cruising; off-beat travel, particularly deserts; ancient civilisations and ruins; photography.
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