Talk:Don Whillans

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Do we have "downs" in the north of England? I think not.

Well change it then! (Sheffield is only 'North Midlands' anyway :-)) The paragraph as a whole doesn't really flow, since the next second our man is apparently climbing in the greater ranges with young Bonnington. Linuxlad 14:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] climbing hut

We now see the silliness of merging climbing hut and alpine hut :-) Propose demerge! Linuxlad 22:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] supposed witticism

I deleted the following from the article:

Also another classic piece of Whillans' razor sharp wit was when he was in the company of some German climbers who happily announced after a victory on the football field by West Germany over England that "We (Germany) have beaten you today at your national game". Whillans prompty, and very cooly, retorted that, "So what, we (the British) have beaten you at YOUR national "game", TWICE!" (1914-18 & 1939-45).

This is clearly an urban legend garbled from the actual source: before the 1966 World Cup soccer final of England vs. West Germany (where I think West Germany was favored to win, although it was England that won) an editorial in a prominent British newspaper (The Times of London?) said something like (this from memory -- not from the original, but reading about it somewhere): "If, as seems likely, Germany defeats us in our national sport tomorrow, let us remember that twice in this century we have defeated them at their national sport." (I.e. war). 137.82.188.68 (talk) 05:32, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

But he is meant to have said, of Harrisons Rocks, when someone asked him if he wanted a copy of the guide-book for half-a-crown, that he wouldn't give half-a-crown for the crag?... Bob aka Linuxlad (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Didnt he also call the rou8tes at Harrisons "mucky, 'ard little climbs" or was that someone else? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.153.252.39 (talk) 13:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)