Life
Born in India, Smith was sent home to Scotland aged eight, attending Morrison's Academy in Crieff then boarding at George Watson's College. He enrolled at Edinburgh University in 1956, where he studied philosophy. However with his entry into the University Mountaineering Club (EUMC) these studies were to remain in second place to his climbing obsession.
He planned to study for a doctorate in philosophy at University College London. He was never to marry.
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