Brendan Joseph Murphy's Memorial Homepage

In what craggy cleft does our son now lay
Entombed by snow that once did stay
In peace serene -- till that sad day
When Nature rose our son to slay.
"But why should that be?" I hear you say.
'Tis the Lord that gives -- and takes away.
Yet in God's good time He will restore
Our son to us for evermore.

--- Gerard Joseph Murphy (Brendan's father).

Long article about the fateful Changabang expedition from High Magazine, September 1997, by Mick Fowler.
Article about Brendan's life as a climber and non-climber, from High magazine, by Andy Perkins.
Obituary from High Magazine, August 1997, by Roger Payne.
Obituary from The Guardian, 16 June 97, by Ed Douglas.
Obituary from The Croydon Advertiser, 27 June 97, by Simon Peyton.
Poem for Kate Phillips, by Kona Macphee.
"The Lesson of the Moth", a poem by Don Marquis.
Messages of condolence from the climbing community.
Photos of Brendan and his family.
Brendan's homepage.