Fleming Maxwell Hector Vandermere

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Biografie:
Maxwell Hector Vandermere Fleming 1904-1988
Max Fleming started climbing in the Alps in the early 193os when on leave from the Sudan Political Service. He later studied at the universities of Grenoble and Freiburg and was active with a very strong group of continental climbers, doing the first traverse of the airy Arete des Comes on the Pic Bourcet in the Dauphine.
During the Second World War he was in Cyprus as chief inspector of schools; early on he explored ski-routes in the Troodos Range and rock climbing on the limestone of Pentedhaktilos, to which he introduced Amold Lunn, John Hunt and Mike Banks.
He was elected to the Alpine Club in 1949 and shortly after was posted to Nigeria as an education administrator. Although unable to do much serious climbing because of a knee injury caused by a motor-cycle accident when serving in the Cyprus Defence Force during the war, he continued his lifelong interest in climbing and skiing; he also took to ocean racing and crewed in several Fastnet races. In his retirement he became an avid field archaeologist, a hobby which gave him the physical challenge he used to enjoy in the mountains.
Peter Steele
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 94, 1989-90, Seite 314


Geboren am:
1904
Gestorben am:
1988