Malcolm Slesser
Malcolm Slesser (30 October 1926 – 26 June 2007) was a
Biography
Slesser was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. He began mountain climbing when he was young. In the 1950s Slesser joined an expedition to the Arctic.[1] He wrote widely on mountain climbing and was considered to be an expert in the field.
Slesser worked in a number of industries in the
Slesser pioneered the study of the potential for economic growth that led to methods for estimating the economic carrying capacity through the ECCO (Evaluation of Capital Creation Options also referred to as the Enhancement of Carrying Capacity or Economic Coordination Options) model of an economy uses the stocks-and-flows paradigm (aka system dynamics) to track energy and other natural capital flows through the economy. ECCO models were first developed by Malcolm Slesser in Edinburgh in the late 1990s along with Jay Baguant, Dr Anupam Saraph, Dr Wouter Biesiot, Dr Klass Jan Noorman and Jane King.[4]
The Pamirs expedition of 1962 was a difficult affair. Both the
Slesser died while walking on the Ardnish Peninsula at Loch Ailort in the Scottish Highlands. It is suspected he suffered a heart attack.[6] His family erected a cairn on the spot he died. (latitude 56°51.899’ N; longitude 05°46.195’W).
Selected publications
- Red Peak: A Personal Account of the British Soviet Expedition 1962 (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964, 256 pp, with endpaper maps, 12pp b/w & 4pp of colour plates)
- Scottish Mountains on Ski (1970)
- The Island of Skye (1975)
- With Friends in High Places (2004)
References
- ^ a b Hainey, Raymond (29 June 2007). "Mountaineering scientist dies in clifftop plunge". The Scotsman.
- ^ a b Evans, Peter (3 July 2007). "Obituary: Professor Malcolm Slesser, Academic and mountaineer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
- ^ "Obituary: Professor Malcolm Slesser". The Daily Telegraph. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Essling, Raphie. "ECCO Research Publications". University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ Goodwin, Stephen (7 July 2007). "Obituary: Professor Malcolm Slesser, Co-leader of the British-Soviet expedition to the Pamirs". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ MacLeod, Maxwell (20 July 2007). "Obituary: Malcolm Slesser, Scottish mountaineer and human ecologist". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2007.