Chatellus Allain de

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Allain de Chatellus 1907-1987
I first met Alain de Chatellus after he had written a very flattering review of one of my books. He was of the old nobility and very scathing about 'newcomers' who added a 'de somewhere' after their names; usually choosing some remote village in Reunion, Madagascar or Mauritius (there are many such 'newcomers' in prominent positions in French politics today). On learning that my wife and I had recently been involved in a nasty road accident, he quite typically picked us up at our hotel on leaving his Paris office and drove us to his house at St Cloud for dinner with his wife, and back again to our hotel.
He was a very successful business man, but it was his mountaineering record that led me to propose him for membership of the AC. His friend Lucien Devies was more than happy to second him.
Alain climbed much in Chamonix, often with Georges Charlet, the younger brother of our late Hon Member Armand Charlet. They did many of the standard Aiguilles and included the Peuterey Ridge of Mont Blanc. His other claim to fame was his climbing in and exploration of the remoter mountains of N Africa, in the Tibesti and Hoggar mountains, where he made a number of first ascents, as described in his book which is available in the AC library.
Alain was only once able to attend the AGM and dinner of the AC. We were able to make up a 'French' party for the latter and arrange transport for him and others, to repay belatedly the debt we owed him.
Douglas Busk
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 93, 1988-89, Seite 318-319


Geboren am:
1907
Gestorben am:
1987