Mike Westmacott
Michael Horatio Westmacott (12 April 1925 – 20 June 2012) was a prominent British
mountaineer.[1]
Westmacott was a member of the
1953 British Mount Everest Expedition led by John Hunt. He was educated at Radley College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford
, where he read mathematics.
During
officer
with the British Indian Army Corps of Engineers in Burma.
He climbed extensively in the
Shell International
after he ceased serious mountaineering.
References
- ^ Ed Douglas (22 June 2012). "Mike Westmacott obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
External links
- "Mike Westmacott". The Telegraph. London. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- "Everest expedition climber Westmacott dies, aged 87". BBC News. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- "On this day : 1953: Everest stories - Mike Westmacott". BBC. 29 May 1953. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- Royal Geographical Society Archived 31 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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