Dewison Alan

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Biografie:
Alan Dewison 1948-1973
Alan, whom I first met in Cortina in 1968, was lost on Dhaulagiri IV during the expedition of 1973. He had been a draughtsman with ICI at Billingham until 1971 when, becoming redundant, he devoted the rest of his short life to climbing of the highest standard. He had done many of the fierce routes associated with the ACG, of which he was a member, making (with Ron Lake) the first British ascent of the Bonatti-Gobi route on the Eckpfeiler Buttress of Mont Blanc. The following season, with A. Burgess, he added the Central Pillar of Freney, later going out to Yosemite to try and find an answer to his question, after the Central Pillar, 'What piece of rock could ever be as good as that to climb:? He returned for a short, wet season in Chamonix before joining Tony Johnson for the Dhaulagiri expedition, where he died on the way back to Camp 8 at 6000 m after failing, with the leader, to pitch Camp 9. Alan will be greatly missed by his friends in the Cleveland Mountaineering Club and the ACG.
Chris Woodall
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 80, 1975, Seite 301


Geboren am:
1948
Gestorben am:
11.1973