Bartrum Geoffrey Laidlaw

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GEOFFREY LAIDLAW BARTRUM
1881-1960
BY the death of Geoffrey Bartrum the Club has lost one of its oldest and most devoted members, who had almost completed fifty years of membership. He was elected in November 1910, his proposer being Geoffrey Young and his seconder H. V. Reade. His first Alpine season was in 1908, in Arolla and Zermatt and included a traverse of the Aiguilles Rouges, the Pigne by the North face, the Matterhorn, Dent Blanche and others. In 1909 he was at Chamonix, and disposed of a number of aiguilles; in 1910 he was back in Zermatt. Details of later climbs are lacking, but prior to his visit to the Alps he had climbed a great deal in this country
He was a member of the Abrahams party in Skye about 1904 and soon after that became a regular member of Geoffrey Young's Pen-y-Pass-Parties, where he was very popular and was in great demand in the evenings with his fine natural singing voice. In the Alps he climbed mainly with Joseph Knubel and one companion, but on occasion the size of the party used to expand greatly, especially when Geoffrey Young and other friends joined it. He did not do much serious climbing abroad after the First World War, but maintained his interest in mountaineering to the full, keeping in touch through the Alpine Club and the Climbers' Club with all that was going on. He was particularly happy in his association with the younger men and got on well with everyone.
He was most hospitable and entertained an almost endless succession of friends at his home in Guildford. No trouble seemed too much for him or his wife and I do not think that anyone staying in that house ever felt for a moment that they were not wholly welcome or that they were giving any one undue trouble.
He served on the Club Committee from 1939 to 1941 and became Vice-President in 1944, when Leo Amery was President. He was a great help at that time, in dealing with some rather controversial measures, with his friendly and persuasive manner. He was regular in attending the Club meetings up till the end and until a year or two ago often went to gatherings of climbers in North Wales. When President of the Climbers' Club, he was largely responsible for the successful inauguration of Ynnys Ettws and in persuading R. W. Lloyd to back the project so handsomely.
His was a most lovable and generous nature and he will be greatly missed by his many friends.
L. G. SHADBOLT.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 65, 1960, Seite 260-261


Geboren am:
1881
Gestorben am:
1960