Tour Scotland photograph Am Buachaille, Sutherland, Scotland. Am Buachaille is a sea stack, or vertical rock formation, near Sandwood Bay. It was first climbed in 1968 by the mountaineers Tom Patey and Ian Clough. The name means " The herdsman " in Scottish Gaelic. Ian Clough, born 1937, died 1970, was a British mountaineer who was killed on an expedition to climb the south face of the Himalayan massif Annapurna. He was born in the Yorkshire town of Baildon, near Bradford, England, and grew up to become one of the best British climbers of his generation. Tom Patey, born 20 February 1932, died 25 May 1970, was a Scottish climber, mountaineer and writer. He was born in Scotland and educated at Ellon Academy and Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. He was killed abseiling from The Maiden, a sea stack off Whiten Head on the Sutherland coast.
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