Carr Evelyn Dorothy

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Biografie:
Mrs Evelyn Dorothy Carr 1900-1984
Evelyn Ritchie, with her sister Brenda, was already an experienced rock climber with several seasons in the Lake District when, a classics student at St. Hilda's Hall, she met her future husband, Herbert Carr whom she married in 1927, at an OUMC lecture. In 1925 he introduced her to the Alps and from then until the outbreak of war she climbed in the Alps every season achieving an impressive record of first class climbs, many of which she led, in addition to her climbs in Wales, the Lakes, Scotland and Skye. She resumed alpine climbing after the war but injuries sustained from a rock fall while she was leading near the top of the Trifthorn limited her later alpine visits to moderate glacier excursions. Sadly, the last few years of her life were under the shadow of a progressively disabling illness. We extend our sympathy to Herbert Carr and his daughter.
Frank Solari
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 91, 1986, Seite 268

Evelyn Carr
Tom Peacocke writes:
I did not know Evelyn Carr well, but met her in La Berarde in 1934 when she was with Herbert, Geoffrey Barrett, Miss Barrett and Brenda Ritchie, and I was with George Meade-King, David Hodgkinson and Tom Reed. We were all on the traverse of the Meije together. A violent thunderstorm the night before iced up the Grande Muraille and put fresh snow on the upper parts of the mountain.
A guided party in the hut wisely said no, but it was our last two days and it was now or never. We were much delayed by the conditions and were out 20 1/2 hours. The three girls went first, led by Brenda. Our descent into the Brèche Zsigmondy almost resulted in a tragedy. We were roping down owing to the conditions and the girls had reached the Breche when a rock, the size of a door, was loosened near the summit by one member of our party. I was “sheet anchor” on the top and had a full view of everything. My heart stood still as I saw this rock pursuing its mad career straight for the three girls. It could not have been falling for more than five seconds, but to me it was an eternity. I had time to ponder the possible consequences. It seemed that it must hit them. I thought 'If they are not killed how can we get an injured climber down from the Brèche?' At that time no one had ever ascended or descended either side. And then a miracle happened. The rock hit another even larger rock and burst into fragments passing harmlessly over their heads!
After this the rest of the expedition was comparatively uneventful. We climbed out of the Brèche up an icy chimney, traversed the arête and abseiled down a 60m ice-slope on the eastern side of the Pic Centrale by the light of a full moon, reaching the Refuge d'Aigle at 1 am.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 92, 1987, Seite 281-282



Geboren am:
1900
Gestorben am:
1984