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Cicerone founder Walt Unsworth – funeral details

Following the sad news of Walt's death last week, his family would like to announce that the funeral will take place at 11:30am on Monday 19 June at St Thomas' Church, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7QJ.

Cicerone author Mark Richards has drawn a lovely pen portrait of Cicerone founder Walt Unsworth, who died last week at the age of 89

Walt had an incredible life as a writer, publisher and climber. The Outdoor Writers' and Photographers' Guild has written a wonderful profile of him, which includes the pen drawing of Walt shown above.

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Feature · 11 Sept 2017

Remembering Walt Unsworth

In June 2017, Walt Unsworth, the founder of Cicerone Press and legend of mountain writing, publishing and editing died. Cicerone's current directors and many Cicerone authors share their fond memories of Walt.