▁ 2 5 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 3 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Scottish ▁author ▁and ▁broad c aster ▁whose ▁books ▁recorded ▁the ▁popular isation ▁of ▁clim bing ▁as ▁a ▁working ▁class ▁sport ▁in ▁Scotland , ▁and ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁an ▁inf antry man . ▁ ▁Biography ▁B orth wick ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁R uther g len ▁but ▁raised ▁in ▁Tro on ▁and ▁later ▁Glasgow ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁Glasgow ▁High ▁School ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁Officer ▁Training ▁Corps . ▁He ▁left ▁school ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁six teen ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁copy t aker ▁for ▁the ▁Even ing ▁Times . ▁So on ▁afterwards , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Glasgow ▁Week ly ▁Her ald , ▁a ▁smaller ▁newspaper ▁where , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁staff ▁of ▁five , ▁he ▁wrote ▁on ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁topics , ▁including ▁front ▁page ▁leads , ▁the ▁women ' s ▁and ▁children ' s ▁pages ▁and ▁compiling ▁the ▁cross word . ▁▁ ▁It ▁was ▁through ▁writing ▁for ▁the ▁Her ald ' s ▁" Open ▁Air " ▁page ▁that ▁he ▁discovered ▁rock ▁clim bing , ▁an ▁activity ▁which ▁had ▁tradition ally ▁been ▁the ▁preserve ▁of ▁the ▁well ▁off , ▁but ▁was ▁becoming ▁increasing ly ▁popular ▁with ▁young , ▁working - class ▁Glas weg ians . ▁The ▁nas cent ▁sub c ulture ▁of ▁poor ▁but ▁resource ful ▁people ▁h itch h ik ing ▁north , ▁camp ing ▁or ▁" d oss ing " ▁in ▁c aves ▁and ▁both ies ▁became ▁the ▁main