Faes Henri

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Henri Faes (1878- 1968)
Dr. Henri Faes, whose death occurred on January 18 last, was born on October 13, 1878 at Lausanne and elected an Honorary Member of the Alpine Club on December 12, 1927. We are indebted to the Editor of the Bulletin Mensuel of the Diablerets Section of the S.A.C. for the following remarks :
It was with great distress that we learned of the death, on January 18, 1968, of a colleague who had enthusiastically devoted his whole life to all things concerning mountains. After obtaining his Doctorate of Sciences in 1902, he devoted more than forty-five years to Swiss wine testing stations, and from I 920 until his retirement in 1944 he directed the federal wine nurseries at Lausanne and Pully. He joined the Diablerets Section of the S.A. C. in 1903, and the group of skiers led by P. L. Mercanton in 1907. From 19I2-14 he was President of the Section. An excellent· alpinist, he climbed widely in the Alps and Jura with his' friends Leuch, Wellauer, Trivelli, Mercanton and, later on, Seylaz, who were never afraid to try, guideless, climbs such as the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. He was even thinking of going to the Himalaya, before the First World War.
But it was to skiing that Henri Faes devoted most of his energy, and he had a considerable influence in encouraging S.A. C. members in this direction at a time when the Club preferred to ignore this new form of mountaineering. In 1917 he wrote, in collaboration with Mercanton, his Manuel du Skieur, a very well illustrated book which was most successful. He opened the Haute Route on ski, despite the poor equipment of that time.
He was elected President of the Central Committee of the S.A.C. for the years 1926-28, where he worked particularly in the interests of skiers. He was elected an Honorary Member of the S.A.C. in 1963 and continued to take the closest interest in its activities to the end.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 73, 1968, Seite 296


Geboren am:
13.10.1878
Gestorben am:
18.01.1968