Jonathan and Lesley
Williams who took
over Cicerone in 1999,
commented: “Walt and
Dot lived in Milnthorpe,
just up the road from the
Cicerone offi ces, and Walt
used to pop in from time
to time to welcome new
team members and check
up on what was going on.
He always had a cogent
view on new projects.”
Peter Lumley, another
founder member and
editor of Outdoor Trade
and Industry, said :
“Walt was at the coal
face of mountaineering
reporting and activity
– a force in both
expression and
publishing. He took the
Cicerone concept and
gave readers what they
relished.”
Walt with his book Everest
Ace mountain photographer John
Cleare, said: “He was the fi rst
author to actually buy my climbing
pictures – and his practical
common sense did much to guide
the OWG in its early years.”
Terry Marsh, secretary of the Guild for many years, said: “Walt
was a man of considerable intellect, blended with kind humanity
and a passion for the outdoors. He was a great inspiration, and
the fi rst publisher ever to ask me to write a guidebook.”
“Walt was a
kindly man”
Walt in the Dolomites, 1976