Tipping Chales James

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Biografie:
Charles James Tipping (1881 – 1964)
C. J. Tipping died in April last, at the age of eighty-three; he had been in failing health for the previous twelve months. He was the elder son of W. A. Tipping, of 'Mount Arthur', Gourock, who was very well known in the Insurance world, and took an active part in local affairs.
After leaving school, Tipping came to London where he joined the staff of the Royal Insurance Company, with whom he remained until he retired in 1949, except for the period of the First World War, when he saw active service in France and Mesopotamia. His brother, E. B. Tipping, who survives him, was a well-known amateur golfer in his younger days.
Tipping took up climbing soon after the 1914- 18 war, and joined the Alpine Club in 1929 with a fine list of climbs. He was a regular attendant at all our meetings up to 1950, when he went to live in Ireland. Most of his climbing was done in France and Switzerland; he was a very neat performer on rock and, although he never cared for walking for the sake of walking, he always kept remarkably fit and was able to undertake major ascents immediately he got out to the Alps.
He was of a rather shy and retiring disposition, but was a delightful companion and exceedingly generous and kind-hearted. He will be sadly missed by all his friends in the Club.
M. N. Clarke
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 69, 1964, Seite 328


Geboren am:
1881
Gestorben am:
04.1964