Sheldon Joseph Harold

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Biografie:
Joseph Harold Sheldon 1894-1972
I first made the acquaintance of Harold Sheldon in the late 1920s when I was to lead a Climbers' Club Meet at the Montanvert at Chamonix and he wrote to ask whether he could come, and warned me that as he was a heavy man we should require some strong ropes. When he turned up he was not all that heavy, and the ropes were adequate, and we did some good climbs, mainly on the Aiguilles. In succeeding years in the 1930s we climbed together in the Dauphine and at Belalp, and in two seasons in the Dolomites. One year he joined me for a short time in Skye, and on many occasions we climbed rocks in ·Wales. Certainly he was a big man, but he was as good as the next, and we had many pleasant expeditions. At Chamonix he helped to rescue a party of Frenchmen who were in trouble on the Dru (one of them was killed), and was warmly commended by the CAF for his help, particularly as a doctor. I recall in Skye taking him and another similarly sized man up the Cioch Direct, and I remember my feeling of comfort at the reflection that I had three times my own weight behind me to help push me up the harder pitches. He was a keen and apparently competent bridge player. He joined the Alpine Club in 1932 and retained his membership until his death. There was no one, of whatever capacity, who enjoyed the sport more than he did. He is sadly missed.
John PooIe
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 78, 1973, Seite 290


Geboren am:
1894
Gestorben am:
1972