We have received the very sad news that one of our newest members, Neil Sawyer, was killed in a cycling accident near Chamonix on 23 September.
For those who knew Neil and would like to attend, his memorial service will be streamed live on 1 October via this event page.
We are saddened to learn of the death on 17 September of Richard Sykes, who had been a member for 50 years.
We are saddened to learn of the death on 19 August of Lady Ann Chorley. She had become a member of the Ladies’ Alpine Club in 1966.
Rick climbing on Nanga Parbat. Photo: Sandy Allan
The Club has been deeply saddened to learn of the death of long-standing member Rick Allen. Reports currently indicate that Rick died in an avalanche while attempting a new route on K2 with Jordi Tosas and Stephan Keck. Tosas and Keck survived the avalanche and have been safely returned to basecamp by a rescue operation.
News has reached us of the recent death of John Cheesmond who lived in Edinburgh. He had been a member since 1973
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We have recently learned of the death of our Associate member Gerald Franklin
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We have recently learned of the death of Peter Robson who had been a member since 1971.
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News has just reached us of the death of Albert Chapman, who was also a former President of the Yorkshire Ramblers, who died on 17th March.
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We were saddened to recently learn of the death of Egil Frederiksen, a Norwegian member, last August.
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News has just reached us of the death of Dave Fisher, a member in Canada, who died on 1 July 2020 and had been a member for nearly 70 years
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We are saddened to learn of the death of Crispin Simpson, a member for over 50 years.
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It’s with great regret that we announce the death on 7th December, of our former president Doug Scott, the first Englishman to climb Everest and a major figure in the history of post-war mountaineering. He influenced the British climbing scene in a myriad of ways, through his writing and his long service with a number of organisations, and still found time to run the charity he established, Community Action Nepal. Current president Victor Saunders said: ‘Doug was easily the most charismatic person with whom I shared an expedition. He was an absolute giant. I’ll miss him as a person and feel privileged to follow in his footsteps at the Alpine Club.’
Reinhold Messner sent this message of support to Doug Scott as Doug embarked on his staircase challenge, his final act of fund-raising for Community Action Nepal as he faced his final illness. Shared with thanks to John Porter.
News has recently reached us of the death, in July, of Inge Cochin.
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We are saddened to learn of the death on 23 November of our Honorary member Hamish MacInnes.
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News has reached us of the death of Geoff Templeman, a member since 1980 and an Assistant Editor of the Alpine Journal for many years.
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News has reached us of the death of our member Evelio Echevarria. He helped out a lot with the Alpine Journal and was the author of The Andes, The Complete History of Mountaineering in High South America. He had been a member for 60 years.
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We are saddened by the news that Alan Harris passed away in his 100th year on Friday 17th July.
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News has reached us of the death of our member, Jeremy Whitehead.
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News has reached us of the death of our member Peter Page. who had been a member for 40 years.
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