Other Aspects
There are a number of anecdotes depicting Perry-Smith as a rather unusual character:
- When people doubted his ascent of 'Perryriss', he climbed that route again and wrote in big letters 'Perry' on the rock. (it can still be read today)
- He owned a Bugatti race car and got in trouble with the police several times for driving fast and hazardously.
- He was once arrested for getting drunk and disturbing the peace in the town of Bad Schandau.
In the year 1914 Oliver Perry-Smith returned to the US, never to visit Saxony again.
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