Adam Watson RIP

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 Sean Kelly 24 Jan 2019

Sad news today, Mr. Cairngorm, Adam Watson has sadly passed away. His voice will be missed.

Removed User 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

Yes, end of an era almost. I greatly enjoyed reading his early accounts of ski touring on the Cairngorms. Classic stuff.

 Iain Thow 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

Mr Cairngorm is right, probably nobody has ever known them better, and a strong voice for conservation issues  long before they became mainstream. RIP Adam.

 Doug 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

Sad to hear the news, I always enjoyed chatting to him during my brief period working at ITE-Banchory - in theory he was already retired but came in to work most days regardless. His knowledge of the Cairngorms was incredible and he made massive contributions to nature conservation in the region. Maybe a reprint of his 'The Cairngorms: their natural history and scenery' would be a memorial, especially if an extra chapter on more recent changes could be added?

RIP Adam

edit to add https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-46986515

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 Harry Jarvis 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

Sad news indeed. A marvellous voice for the Cairngorms and the wider Scottish environment. His quiet but passionate advocacy and his authority will be much missed. 

 ScraggyGoat 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

Active, scientifically rigorous, passionate and willing to speak out till the end: published just last year;

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.1323...

https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/new-study-reveal...

 

 

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 Iain Thow 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

This is Bob Aitken's brief obit sent out to SMC members.

He was quintessentially a Cairngorms man; his lifelong passion for the mountains underpinned his exceptionally long-term, sustained and hugely eclectic scientific work on the ecology of the mountains.  His extensive and authoritative publications, ranging widely from grouse and ptarmigan to monitoring of paths and snowbeds, won him high scientific distinction.  A key player in Cairngorms conservation, he was a major figure in the Lurcher’s Gully campaign in the early 1980s, and a founder Trustee of the John Muir Trust.

In the 1950s Adam did a lot of climbing with Tom Patey while Tom was compiling the first SMC Climber’s Guide to the Cairngorms (1961); later Adam wrote successive editions of the Club’s general guide The Cairngorms, which demonstrate his immense knowledge and affection for the range.  He also made the first one-day ski traverse of the ‘Bix Six’ Cairngorms in 1962.

 Sealwife 24 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

Very sad to hear this news.  Rest in peace Adam Watson.

In reply to Sean Kelly:

A good man. A good life well lived.

In reply to The Watch of Barrisdale:

The world needs a lot more Adam Watsons

 Doug 25 Jan 2019
In reply to The Watch of Barrisdale:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/1662189/tributes-fl...

Google suggests that there's a piece in the Times but its behind a paywall

 Bob Aitken 28 Jan 2019
In reply to Sean Kelly:

A tribute to Adam from the perspective of the John Muir Trust - he was a founder Trustee back in 1983-4.

https://www.johnmuirtrust.org/about/resources/1610-dr-adam-watson

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