Nicholson Theodore

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Theodore Nicholson (1906-1992)
After ten cruelly frustrating months following a severe stroke, Theo Nicholson lost a courageously fought bartle for recovery on 28 October 1992. Sadly, it has to be acknowledged that all too many of those who shared in the strenuous days he loved so well are no longer with us; those who can remember are grateful indeed for their rich store of memories.
Thinking of his mountain days, one would surely best describe Theo Nicholson as the complete all-rounder. His record - on foot and on ski ranged over at least ten countries, from Scotland and Norway to the South Island of New Zealand. His ski mountaineering began at Adelboden in 1928 with E C Tuke. It was to take him back to Switzerland often, to Austria and to Norway, where spring glacier-touring was his very special delight.
The war saw his skill and experience put to notably good use: volunteering for the 5th Scots Guards (Finnish Ski Battalion) in 1940; instructing in Commando mountain warfare at Braemar and on the rocks of North Wales; in the Canadian Rockies with the Lovat Scouts - training in the Columbia lcefields, Watchtower Valley and Maligne Lake areas; finally in Greece, with Mount Olympus a recurring attraction.
In addition to his membership of the Alpine Ski Club, Theo was a member of the Alpine Club, an honorary life member of the Lake District Ski Club and, since 1948, a member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club. In Scotland he took immense pleasure in doing all the Munros and, for strenuously good measure, much more besides. Striving to match his pace on the hill, or watching the grace with which he would execute a telemark, was almost as thrilling as to witness his high-speed swoop from Cam Ban into Glen Feshie after a meticulously planned winter crossing of the Cairngorms.
Theo would have liked mention made of these many mountain days. Yet there is so much more besides to remember. From as far back as 1926, when he was a special constable during the general strike, public service took up much of his time: assistant county commissioner for scouts; honorary liaison officer for Duke of Edinburgh awards; after the war, characteristically, taking a sympathetic, practical part in ex-service work.
An expert in woodlands and timber, he found more than ordinary satisfaction in his lifelong business career with Southerns, the timber merchants, with whom he was latterly chairman and joint managing director. Business aside, he took endless delight in walks in the Delamere Forest and, more particularly, in his own private woodland near his Kelsall, Cheshire, home.
As a close friend on and off the hills for nearly 50 years, I found that Theo was unfailingly the best of companions, always interested, always interesting, immensely good fun, never content with anything but the highest standards. This year, 1993, would have seen his diamond wedding. To Thelma, unselfish sharer of those near-sixty years, and to their children Elizabeth, David and John, and to their grandchildren, I offer these words of sympathy: wholly sincere, wholly inadequate.
Campbell R Steven
Quelle: Alpine Journal Vol. 98, 1993, Seite 340-341


Geboren am:
1906
Gestorben am:
28.10.1992