Heys-Jones Marjorie

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Biografie:
Marjorie Heys-Jones d 1989
Marjorie was already a member of the Pinnacle Club when she joined the Ladies' Alpine Club in 1935, and she was on the second Pinnacle Club Alpine meet in 1930. She climbed often and to a good standard in Britain, Switzerland, France, Corsica, the Dolomites, Austria and the High Tatra. After the Second World War she had a particularly good season in 1947 in the Bregaglia and Bernina, and she was again climbing in 1948 and 1949. She climbed with Joseph Georges, and guideless with Jo Marples.
After 1949 she gave most of her time and energy to an exacting job as headmistress of a new school. My only close contact with her was on the LAC Turkish expedition in 1963, when she had hoped to make a climbing comeback after her retirement. The trip was a disappointment for her as she found (not surprisingly after such a long gap) that she could no longer rock-climb, though she was still a strong walker.
Marjorie was Hon Auditor of the LAC from 1950 until 1975, when the AC and LAC amalgamated, and she served on the LAC committee. For several years she was the Pinnacle Club representative on the BMC in its early days. She was active in the negotiations with the University Women's Club (of which she was a member) when the LAC migrated there from the National Book League. Soon after the AC/LAC amalgamation Marjorie moved to a nursing home - up to that time she had been alert and competent and always good company, and that is the impression I have of her. But she soon lost contact with the Club, and I don't think she ever came to an AC meeting or dinner, though she remained a member until she died - an inactive spell almost as long as her active years in the mountains.
Margaret Darvall
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 95, 1990-91, Seite 310


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1989