What Happened to Hank
'It's excellent being naked up on the Great Shepherd of Etive,' says Hank Wangford. I'd been wondering what happened to the great Hank, a man who, like Keith Richards, was turned on to country music by Gram Parsons. He is, it transpires, now the founder member of the Nude Mountaineering Society, having been 'drawn into the joys of trouserless peaking by the great George Mallory.' The attractions of naked mountain-climbing do not immediately strike me, but I am delighted they strike Hank, who is also Sam Hutt and, apparently, Boeing Duveen.
# posted by Bryan Appleyard : 7:03 AM
7 Comments:
At September 28, 2007 7:48 AM,
ian russell said…
trouserless peaking - how's that done then? surely....oh, never mind.
Hank Wangford Band, I saw them once. North Finchley, but can't remember the name of the pub. Very entertaining.
At September 28, 2007 9:23 AM,
Nige said…
An empty bottle, a broken heart...
At September 28, 2007 10:36 AM,
Big Chip Dale said…
Good to see he's putting the wang back into Wangford.
At September 28, 2007 4:24 PM,
Anonymous said…
Trouserless mountaineering sounds painful indeed. New meaning to "get your rocks off."
At September 30, 2007 1:22 PM,
wife in the north said…
Ok do I get a prize? I went to the desert and saw the place the body was burned. The rangers won't tell you where it is, you have to find it. People do find it then they do that thing with paint and coins to say they have been and seen and remember.
At September 30, 2007 4:13 PM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
You're into Gram, wifey? Truly you are a wonder.
At September 30, 2007 6:46 PM,
wife in the north said…
mmm and I have seen the movie. I knew we had something in common.
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