r/OutdoorScotland • u/No_Summer_1838 • 8d ago

Grandads Skye Guides

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From the time before Komoot, Strava and Google maps. TBF predates mobile phone. The old man was a influencer before they were a thing

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u/luaprepuoc 8d ago

Great find but what’s being an influencer got to do with the maps?

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u/No_Summer_1838 8d ago

Encouraging people to get out and explore, sharing his technical knowledge of routes. Maybe I could have used a different word but isn’t that what the YouTubers, bloggers and instagrammers are doing?

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u/luaprepuoc 8d ago

Did he produce these maps? If so I totally see what you mean. My first thought was he just owned them which confused me lol.

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u/No_Summer_1838 8d ago

Yes all his own work. I see your point. Maybe I should have lead with that!

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u/LuvvedIt 8d ago

Yes I just thought that he owned these, not that he wrote them! Good work!

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u/nerudaspoems 8d ago

WOW. What an amazing work of art. Honestly, that is what I think about these home made maps and guidebooks, they are works of art. There is a man who used to live in Glencoe, he decided to create a book with maps and all about the different ways up Bidean Nam Bian. When I tell you he put his heart and soul creating it, all you have to do is look at the beautiful maps he drew. It is an amazing guide to the mountain.

https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2022/08/bidean-nam-bian-a-walking-guide/

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u/No_Summer_1838 8d ago

There amazing!

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u/LukeyHear 8d ago

Class! I have a small collection of this era of pamphlet guides, what age do you think they are? One of mine has an ad for the portree hotel where the phone number is "1".

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u/No_Summer_1838 7d ago edited 7d ago

That’s ace! There 1st prints were ‘85, scrambles finished ‘89 and walks he revised and reprinted till ‘95. Had a look the walks had tel. nos with the 01 prefix/area code so modern in comparison to 1!!

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u/Solidair80 8d ago

Legit old-skool media for socialising 😀

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u/gdmac123 6d ago

Beautiful, I have the scrambled book, unfortunately the gatefold hand drawn map has gone after a wet day in the coolones

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u/No_Summer_1838 6d ago

That’s amazing, im glad he helped you to enjoy the Cuillin.