Allsup William

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Biografie:
William Allsup 1890-1969
Bill Allsup was a keen rock-climber in the time before and after the 1914-18 War. When leading up Hopkinson's Crack on Dow Crag he fell over 60 ft and damaged a leg badly. Some years later I led him up the Crack and he climbed it like a cat. He was a manager at the armaments factory at Cossipore (Calcutta) and was a founder-member of the Himalayan Club, of which he became a Vice-President in 1943. In 1928 he asked me to attempt with him the second ascent of Kabru, and we set off with ten of the 1924 Everest Sherpas to do so. Between Jongri and the Pang La he got dysentery, and was so weak with it (we had no adequate medicines) that we had to give it up and I climbed two or three of the Peaks around the Pang La with a couple of the Sherpas. In a few days he was able to continue the trek along the Nepal-Sikkim frontier to Chiabanjan in pouring rain. Allsup, far from fit, managed to continue the trek, and from Phalut to Darjeeling we had glorious weather and views. We never managed to get to Kabru subsequently and I didn't see him again until about 1950. I believe he made several more expeditions to the Himalaya after 1928, but I can find no trace of any record of them and do not know who his companions were. Since 1955, he became a chronic invalid, much crippled with arthritis, bearing his pain and frustration with patience and courage, and always full of good humour. Those who knew him will recall him with memories of a jovial, friendly man, always faithful to his love of the mountains.
T. H. Somervell
Quelle: Alpine Journal, Volume 75, 1970, Seite 331

Geboren am:
1890
Gestorben am:
1969