Dave Hewitt, former editor of 'hillzine' The Angry Corrie. Photo: Douglas Small

The founder of outdoors ‘hillzine’ The Angry Corrie has died.

Accomplished hillwalker Dave Hewitt, who also published two books, Walking the Watershed and A Bit of Grit on Haystacks, died suddenly on 24 November.

He was editor of self-proclaimed ‘Scotland’s first and finest hillwalking fanzine’, publishing the first edition, with Douglas Small, AKA Perkin Warbeck, in May 1991. The Angry Corrie appeared 78 times, the final edition printed in 2011 as Hewitt concentrated on his job as editor of the sport and outdoor sections of fledgling online newspaper the Caledonian Mercury. He also undertook jobbing journalism shifts with Scottish broadcasters.

Though born in Derbyshire, he was a staunch proponent of outdoor access in his adopted nation, and climbed his ‘local’ Ben Cleuch, close to his home near Stirling, 1,783 times.

He was also a completer of the munro round, summiting the 3,000-footers for the 1,712th time in 2017. He also made ascents of all the Wainwrights.

The Angry Corrie was renowned for its irreverent and often acerbic approach to the outdoors world and its characters.

A Bit of Grit on Haystacks was a celebration of author and fellwalker Alfred Waiwright, while Walking the Watershed was an account of Hewitt’s continuous traverse of the Scottish watershed.

His TACit Press online pages were also a mine of information on the various hill lists.

Hewitt was also an occasional contributor to grough, writing on topics as diverse as the overuse of crampons and the vagaries of surveying hill heights.

He was also a competitive chess player and maintained a keen interest in politics and cricket.

The death of the 64-year-old was announced on Tuesday.

• The story was amended to reflect the correct number of TAC editions and the final date of its publication and an update to the best guess of the number of ascents of Ben Clench Dave made.