Renowned Mountaineers, Feeling Peaky?

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

One of those names I wrote down ages ago on some "this person has an interesting story to tell" tip but never got around to using in a dead pool. Elizabeth Hawley, the woman who for 40 years was the sole tracker of all attempts to climb Mount Everest, has died aged 94.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

7 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Elizabeth Hawley, the woman who for 40 years was the sole tracker of all attempts to climb Mount Everest, has died aged 94.

Hey Spade this makes you the sole tracker of all trackers of attempts to climb Mt. Everest!

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Legendary climber Jim Bridwell died Friday in Palm Springs at the age of 73, The New York Times reported.  Bridwell’s son said the cause of death was liver failure and hepatitis C.

Last month his family created a GoFundMe to help pay for medical expenses (that apparently not a damned one of us came across).
Bridwell, who spent 15 years in Yosemite, was a living legend. He was written about in major media outlets from GQ to Rolling Stone.  He is credited with 100 first ascents in Yosemite Valley and became the first to complete a one-day ascent of The Nose of El Capitan on May 26, 1975 with John Long and Billy Westbay.
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[maryportfuncity 10,645]

9 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Legendary climber Jim Bridwell died Friday in Palm Springs at the age of 73, The New York Times reported.  Bridwell’s son said the cause of death was liver failure and hepatitis C.

Last month his family created a GoFundMe to help pay for medical expenses (that apparently not a damned one of us came across).
Bridwell, who spent 15 years in Yosemite, was a living legend. He was written about in major media outlets from GQ to Rolling Stone.  He is credited with 100 first ascents in Yosemite Valley and became the first to complete a one-day ascent of The Nose of El Capitan on May 26, 1975 with John Long and Billy Westbay.
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Kind of ironic that someone so famous for staring death down couldn't get crowd funded to survive very long.

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Stéphane Husson, a 47-year-old French mountain guide and climber, died last week after a fall in Beaufort, France. On June 20, he was guiding a group of around 20 teenagers during an event put together by the French Alpine Club of Albertville, when he and one of the teenagers, aged 16, fell 20 meters from the top of the crag. The pair was roped together. Husson was taken to a hospital in Grenoble in critical condition, and died the next day. The 16-year-old also passed away, dying on site before help arrived.
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[charon 4,943]

Ted Atkins at 60.

 

RAF cunto that lead their first successful summit of Everest.

 

Very involved in safety and innovation, he is credited with vastly reducing the death rate on Everest.

 

Lolling at his prototype breathing system involved a coke bottle, string and a condom

 

Died whilst climbing in Italy, so obviously not as good as he made out.

 

http://www.dreamwanderlust.com/news/climber-ian-ted-atkins-and-mountain-guide-philipp-angelo-killed-in-accidents

 

 

Eta, he may have been the missing "fifth Chuckle brother"...

 

 

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Jeff Lowe and Tom Frost, ages 67 & 81, died on the same day.  Lowe climbed Eiger, in the Swiss Alps, Frost was a known figure at Yosemite National Park. 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jeff-lowe-tom-frost-death-climbers-us-latest-a8508496.html

 

 

[bladan 293]

6 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

Jeff Lowe and Tom Frost, ages 67 & 81, died on the same day.  Lowe climbed Eiger, in the Swiss Alps, Frost was a known figure at Yosemite National Park. 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jeff-lowe-tom-frost-death-climbers-us-latest-a8508496.html

 

 

Clint Eastwood climbed Eiger too! It's a small world

[Joey Russ 7,220]

29 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

Jeff Lowe and Tom Frost, ages 67 & 81, died on the same day.  Lowe climbed Eiger, in the Swiss Alps, Frost was a known figure at Yosemite National Park. 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jeff-lowe-tom-frost-death-climbers-us-latest-a8508496.html

 

 

The former was apparently picked in a pool here a few years back...

[alt obits guy 3,371]

7 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

The former was apparently picked in a pool here a few years back...

I checked the DDP archives back through 2012 without a listing.  However, a quick search of the Deathlist does show he was a 2016 pick in the Hare's Death Pool.  He'd also last been picked in the Alt Obituaries pool in 2016. Wikipedia suggests he had ALS but the obit I included indicates it was never conclusively diagnosed. 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Andy Nisbet, who helped establish 1,000 winter climbing routes, has died.  He was one of two people killed in an accident climbing Ben Hope.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-47156648

 

[Grim Up North 3,725]

1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

Andy Nisbet, who helped establish 1,000 winter climbing routes, has died.  He was one of two people killed in an accident climbing Ben Hope.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-47156648

 

 

Almost one for 'Ironic Deaths'

[charon 4,943]

Heard the Rescue coptor going North at the time and I did wonder "where?".

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

On 28/02/2019 at 18:59, charon said:

 

Mountaineer Tom Ballard missing since Sunday.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-47404814

 

His mammy was the first woman to do Everest unaided, but pegged on K2 in 95.

 

Was toying with Cup inclusion, but chances are he's already dead.

 

Bodies of Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi have been found.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-47509067

[charon 4,943]

Aye saw that Cat this morning.

 

Yesterday it was in doubt as silhouettes were seen, but would've been a hard Cup call re date.

[N. Fritz 49]

19 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

Bodies of Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi have been found.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-47509067

Wasn't Tom Ballard the name of Graham Crowden's character, who was always daydreaming of scaling Mt Everest in "Waiting for God"? Was that homage or coincidence?

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

4 minutes ago, N. Fritz said:

Wasn't Tom Ballard the name of Graham Crowden's character, who was always daydreaming of scaling Mt Everest in "Waiting for God"? Was that homage or coincidence?

 

I loved Waiting for God but given Tom was only about two years old when it started, I think it's the latter. 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Two climbers die on Ben Nevis.

[YoungWillz 21,033]

We all suspected he was dead already. But he wasn't.

 

And now he is. Ed Drummond, DDP pick for years, dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/obituaries/edwin-drummond-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesarts

[Joey Russ 7,220]

2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

We all suspected he was dead already. But he wasn't.

 

And now he is. Ed Drummond, DDP pick for years, dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/obituaries/edwin-drummond-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesarts

Wow, he actually existed?

[One shot Paddy 1,205]

British climber Robin Fisher becomes the 10th death on Mt Everest so far this year. Two Irish climbers also died there in the last week Kevin Hynes and Seamus Lawless.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

'It's.....something completely different in the world of rock and ice climbing." - Terry Jones
'Powerful.  This was very difficult for me to read.' - Leon Spinks
'They'll always be on my mind' - Willie Nelson
'Each account was very touching' - Peter Sutcliffe
'Some of the most unforgettable climbers of our era.' - Nobby Stiles
'Almost as many household names as Paralympians We Lost in 2019.' - Toast

"Climbers We Lost in 2019"

[time 8,595]

Dee Molenaar, a pick in the Hare's Deathpool some years ago, died 19th January, aged 101.

 

See also https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/skagitvalleyherald/obituary.aspx?n=dee-molenaar&pid=195124659

[Thatcher 2,386]

Joe Brown, English climber, has died aged 89. He received a CBE in 2010, which was covered by the BBC.

 

Edit: The Guardian obituary.

[Wickerman 76]

3 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Joe Brown, English climber, has died aged 89. He received a CBE in 2010, which was covered by the BBC.

That climb of the Old Man of Hoy, groundbreaking coverage on the BBC - wonderful to watch (even in B&W)