| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 10th Sep 1859 |
| Date of death | 1st Nov 1942 |
| Age | 83 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | S |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| John Mackenzie | |
| Groups | |
| Alpine Club of Canada | Honorary Member from 1906 |
| American Alpine Club | Honorary Member |
| Groupe de Haute Montagne | Honorary Member from 1920 |
| Scottish Mountaineering Club | Member 1897–1900 |
| The Alpine Club | President 1920–1922 |
English mountaineer and eminent scientist. Collie explored Skye, which he initially visited for fishing, often with John Mackenzie with whom he had a close relationship beyond that of the usual client-guide. He also climbed in the English Lake District, Alps and was part of the first exploratory expedition to an 8000m peak (Nanga Parbat in 1895). Collie retired to Skye and died from pneumonia contracted after falling into Loch Leathan whilst fishing. He was buried next to Mackenzie.
... the supersensitive 'Wandering Scholar- artist' out of the Middle Ages, reluctantly materialising as a deep- grooved, yellow-ivory profile against dusty bronze and brocades, with something of a werewolf lurking in his quizzical half-smile... when we left, Collie was still discoursing remotely and to space about, I think, the optical miracle represented by the first character of the Chinese alphabet. Geoffrey Winthrop Young [1]
| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 10th Sep 1859 |
| Date of death | 1st Nov 1942 |
| Age | 83 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | S |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| John Mackenzie | |
| Groups | |
| Alpine Club of Canada | Honorary Member from 1906 |
| American Alpine Club | Honorary Member |
| Groupe de Haute Montagne | Honorary Member from 1920 |
| Scottish Mountaineering Club | Member 1897–1900 |
| The Alpine Club | President 1920–1922 |
English mountaineer and eminent scientist. Collie explored Skye, which he initially visited for fishing, often with John Mackenzie with whom he had a close relationship beyond that of the usual client-guide. He also climbed in the English Lake District, Alps and was part of the first exploratory expedition to an 8000m peak (Nanga Parbat in 1895). Collie retired to Skye and died from pneumonia contracted after falling into Loch Leathan whilst fishing. He was buried next to Mackenzie.
... the supersensitive 'Wandering Scholar- artist' out of the Middle Ages, reluctantly materialising as a deep- grooved, yellow-ivory profile against dusty bronze and brocades, with something of a werewolf lurking in his quizzical half-smile... when we left, Collie was still discoursing remotely and to space about, I think, the optical miracle represented by the first character of the Chinese alphabet. Geoffrey Winthrop Young [1]