Fairfield Henry Norman

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Biografie:
Henry Norman Fairfield (1905-1992)
Harry Fairfield was a member of an informal group of friends who climbed in the Lake District and North Wales in the 1930s. I had the good fortune to join them during two periods of furlough from India, in 1933 and 1935; indeed, I have to thank Harry and his friends, as well as Edwin ('G') Kempson, for introducing me - an Alpine climber - to British rock in those far-off years.
The group consisted of A W (Bill) Osborne, Stewart Mitchell, Donald Murray, Norman Slack, Harry Fairfield and one 'Brian', who features in my climbing diary but whom I cannot now recall. I find that (the late) Jock Harrison, who survived a terrible ordeal on Masherbrum in 1938, joined us at one stage.
The climbs themselves are of no special account today. They included Eagle's Nest Direct, Jones from Deep Ghyll, Moss Ghyll Grooves and sundry routes on the Napes, Pillar, Serjeant's Crag and Pike's Crag in the Lakes, as well as climbs of a comparable standard in Snowdonia. What did matter was the friendship which the climbing created within our group: we were young, enthusiastic and enjoyed one another's company enormously.
Harry was very much a part of these episodes which, though brief, I treasure in my memory of him today.
John Hunt
Quelle: Alpine Journal Vol. 98, 1993, Seite 325-326


Geboren am:
1905
Gestorben am:
1992