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centre round the ascent of a Welsh hill." Several years later he began exploring the hills on his own:Irving became a member of the Alpine Club in 1902 and was an advocate of climbing without a mountain guide, which in those days was thought by some to be reckless, but which Irving undertook "on account of boredom [of being guided] and expense". His climbing partner - a fellow Winchester schoolmaster - having been killed in a fall early in 1904, Irving went

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