He went as he would have wanted...

(possibly) ... but do try not to go the same way. Just a quick reminder to be sensible and engage your brain before scrambling over dangerous terrain in search of that excellent specimen, whatever it may be.

With permission from the 'Early Tourists in Wales' website.

"Underneath lie the remains of William Williams, upwards of twenty five years botanical guide at the Royal Victoria Hotel, who was killed by a fall from Clogwyn y Garnedd, June 15 1861, whilst pursuing his favourite vocation."

According to this article in the Pteridologist he was half-way up a cliff in search of a Woodsia alpina when his rope snapped. Also in that edition of the magazine there's someone bemoaning that they slipped 15 feet down a cliff, bouncing off boulders and cracking their camera on the way down: "needless to say the camera was in better shape afterwards than I was, and turned out to be rather better insured."

So please don't risk life and limb in your exploits. And preferably take a friend with you to guard against daft situations of all kinds.

Right, public information broadcast over. Back to it, taxonomic collection makers.