Beginner's pluck

CS Whyte is the pseudonym for Jim Ryan, who has written guide books on mountaineering. He was once bridge correspondent for The Irish Examiner, and in 2004 published a guidebook to the Andes.

“I initially started writing a factual account of an expedition, but my creative thoughts kept entering. The descriptions of Mendoza and the campsites and climbing the mountain are all factual. I’ve climbed it several times.”