Nick Estcourt (1942 – 12 June 1978), educated at
Eastbourne College
Eastbourne College is a co-educational independent school in the British public school tradition, for day and boarding pupils aged 13–18, in the town of Eastbourne on the south coast of England. The College's headmaster is Tom Lawson.
Over ...
, was a British climber killed on
K2 by an
avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and eart ...
on the West Ridge route. He took part in the
1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition. One of his notable achievements, with
Paul ('Tut') Braithwaite was the first ascent of the Rock Band, a line of cliffs on the
expedition to the South West Face of Everest in 1975 that had defeated several previous expeditions.
Since 1980, the Nick Estcourt Award, established in his memory, to encourage future generations of mountaineers, grants financial assistance annually to expeditions who attempt a significant mountaineering objective.
Nick Estcourt Award
(retrieved 5 January 2008)
See also
* Brammah
Brammah is a mountain massif in the Kishtwar Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir, India, east of the town of Kishtwar and near the border with Himachal Pradesh. It comprises four peaks, listed in order from west to east: ''Brammah I'' (, first ascen ...
* Joe Tasker
Joe Tasker (12 May 1948 – 17 May 1982) was a British climber, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He died while climbing Mount Everest.
Early life
Born into a traditional Roman Catholic family in 1948, Tasker was the second of t ...
* Kishtwar Himalaya
The Kishtwar Himalaya is a small sub-mountain range of the Himalayas System, located in the states of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in northwestern India.
Geography
It is a dramatic range of steep r ...
* List of climbers
This list of climbers and mountaineers is a list of people notable for the activities of mountaineering, rock climbing (including bouldering) and ice climbing.
A
* Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1992) Russia, climbed Lenin Peak (1934) and Khan Ten ...
* List of deaths on eight-thousanders
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than above sea level; they are all in the Himalayas, Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.
This is a list of Mountaineering, mountaineers who have died on these mountains.
Mount Ev ...
* Peter Boardman
Peter Boardman (25 December 1950 – 17 May 1982) was an English mountaineer and author. He is best known for a series of bold and lightweight expeditions to the Himalayas, often in partnership with Joe Tasker, and for his contribution to moun ...
* Baintha Brakk
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Baintha Brakk ( ur, بائنتھا براک) or The Ogre is a steep, craggy mountain, high, in the Panmah Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. It is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.This region is disputed, and is ...
, also known as The Ogre
References
External links
Biography
by Chris Bonington
Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL (born 6 August 1934) is a British mountaineer.
His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest.
Early life and expeditions
Bonington's father, ...
Nick Estcourt Award winners
1942 births
1978 deaths
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Deaths in avalanches
English mountain climbers
Mountaineering deaths on K2
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