Was Tolkien a Hiker? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Telchar · 01-25-2002, 05:48 AM

Letter #306 that Underhillo referes to is, if I remember correctly, a letter to Michael Tolkien (JRRTs son) which at the time had just visited Switcherland. In the letter JRRT gives a long and interesting account of the hiking tour in his youth. He also states the certain mountains (which I unfortunatly cant remember the names of) were the inspirations of the Mountains of Moria.
And besides that he gives a fuller account of the story of the loose boulders that nearly killed him.
Besides that the account if full of amusing little tales from that trip. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

01-25-2002, 05:48 AM	#11
Telchar Stonehearted Dwarf Smith Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 2,247	Letter #306 that Underhillo referes to is, if I remember correctly, a letter to Michael Tolkien (JRRTs son) which at the time had just visited Switcherland. In the letter JRRT gives a long and interesting account of the hiking tour in his youth. He also states the certain mountains (which I unfortunatly cant remember the names of) were the inspirations of the Mountains of Moria. And besides that he gives a fuller account of the story of the loose boulders that nearly killed him. Besides that the account if full of amusing little tales from that trip. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Anar Kaluva Tielyanna.