For other people named Douglas Scott, see Douglas Scott (disambiguation).
English mountaineer (1941–2020)
Doug Scott
CBE
Scott in 2015
Born
Douglas Keith Scott
(1941-05-29)29 May 1941
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died
7 December 2020(2020-12-07) (aged 79)
Cumbria, England, UK
Citizenship
British
Occupation(s)
Mountaineer, author
Organization
Past President of the Alpine Club
Known for
Ascent of Mount Everest
Awards
Royal Geographic Society Gold Medal ; Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award
Douglas Keith ScottCBE (29 May 1941 – 7 December 2020[1]) was an English mountaineer, noted for being on the team that made the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975. In receiving one of mountaineering's highest honours, the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award, his personal style and climbs were described as "visionary".[2]
Over the years he was on 40 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia, during which he made some 30 first ascents. In 2020 he was diagnosed with cancer, and he died of the disease in December 2020.[3]
^"NEWSFLASH: Doug Scott dies aged 79". Ukclimbing.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^Piolet d'Or "Piolet d'or carrière 2011". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
^Hellen, Nicholas. "Everest legend's final ascent: up the stairs at home". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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"alpine style" by pioneers such as Hermann Buhl, Reinhold Messner and DougScott, and latterly by alpinists such as Ueli Steck, Mick Fowler, Paul Ramsden...
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members. The expedition was successful in placing the first two Britons, DougScott and Dougal Haston, on the summit on 24 September 1975. Boardman and Pertemba...
Buhl, and Gaston Rébuffat, who were followed by and Reinhold Messner and DougScott, and later by Mick Fowler and Marko Prezelj, and Ueli Steck. Since the...
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attempts in 1971 and 1976, the peak was first climbed by two Britons, DougScott and Chris Bonington, in 1977. (The other members of the party were Mo...
1979 - Ascent of the North Ridge on October 19 by Georges Bettembourg, DougScott, Alan Rouse and Brian Hall. 1984 - First ascent of the West Ridge by Yvan...
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southwest face, also known as "Right-hand couloir" (alpine style), FA by DougScott, Alex Macintyre and Roger Baxter-Jones (all UK). This route follows the...
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