John Molesworth

John Molesworth's fascination with skiing demanded that he investigate its sudden migration into Western Europe, centuries after its origins in Norway. Thus he was asked to write several articles for the Ski Club of Great Britain in their centenary year, 2003, and became steward of their library. He felt the time was ripe to write anew of the exploits of Arnold Lunn and other great Alpine pioneers. But he found that pioneer ski-mountaineers ran into danger through making inevitable false...See more

John Molesworth's fascination with skiing demanded that he investigate its sudden migration into Western Europe, centuries after its origins in Norway. Thus he was asked to write several articles for the Ski Club of Great Britain in their centenary year, 2003, and became steward of their library. He felt the time was ripe to write anew of the exploits of Arnold Lunn and other great Alpine pioneers. But he found that pioneer ski-mountaineers ran into danger through making inevitable false assumptions. The author thus began to ponder the general vulnerability of the human mind to assumption. Could that subject deserve its own history? Thus was born A History of Dangerous Assumptions. Beyond writing, John Molesworth walks or skis in various mountain ranges. A love of music finds expression in singing bass in Anglican choirs, and listening to birdsong. See less