Amphlett John Hisdon

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Biografie:
John Hisdon Amphlett 1900-1987
J R Amphlett who died recently at the age of 87 was elected to the Club in 1938. He was a very likeable person. He started climbing in the Pyrenees in 1932 and did a number of traverses across the main chain. He also climbed the Aneto. In 1937 he started his alpine career and did the Fletschhorn, Lagginhorn and traverses of the Rimpfischhorn, Allalin and Alphubel. Then he did the Südlenzspitze, Nadelhorn and Stecknadelhorn from the Dom hut. He moved to Zermatt to do the Matterhorn by the Hörnliroute and then back to Saas for the Jägigrat from the Weissmies hut. Then back again to Zermatt to climb the Wellenkuppe, Obergabelhorn, with descent of the Arbengrat and the traverse of Monte Rosa from the Betemps to the Margherita with, next day, the traverse of the Lyskamm, Castor and Pollux, with descent to Zermatt via the Breithorn; all this in three weeks. In 1938, which was a bad summer, he started in the Dauphine with Pic Coolidge and a day or two later climbed the Ecrins. Then he moved to Chamonix and traversed Mont Blanc before returning to Saas to do the Weissmies and traverse the Täschhorn and Dom from a bivouac on the Mischabeljoch. Lastly he traversed the Zinalrothorn from the Triftjoch to the Mountet, returning next day via the Point de Zinal. All his climbs were guided, except some in the Pyrenees.
There is unfortunately no record of any ascents after 1938.
TAH Peacocke
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 93, 1988-89, Seite 321-322


Geboren am:
1900
Gestorben am:
1987