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Story Time: The Ascent of Rum Doodle: 1: The Team Sets Forth

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by W.E. Bowman abridged for radio in five instalments by Alick Rowe

Man's conquest of mountains has always fired the imagination, and in 1956 W.E. Bowman published his own version of a feat to end all mountaineering feats - Rum Doodle in Yogistan, towering an estimated 10,9711 feet above Everest!
(from Manchester)

Contributors

Author:
W.E. Bowman
Abridged by:
Alick Rowe
Binder, the Intrepid Leader:
Deryck Guyler
The Announcer:
Randal Herley
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Source: Radio Times

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