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Sep 24, 2021 · On 24th September 1975, Dougal Haston and Doug Scott reached summit of Everest via the treacherous south-west face, becoming the first Britons to conquer the world's highest mountain. Later that year, the 1975 British Everest Expedition was awarded the Livingstone Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Feb 1, 2018 · Dougal Haston: From Currie to Everest. Up, always up. Currie lad Dougal Haston went from rambling around the Pentland Hills to being one of the first British climbers to conquer Everest, choosing a route up the South West face that had never been climbed before, and has not been attempted since.
May 3, 2024 · The first Britons to scale Mount Everest reach the summit 24 September 1975. Dougal Haston and Doug Scott arrive at the mountain’s peak 33 days after establishing their base camp.
DOUGAL HASTON. Mountaineering. ( b. 1940 - d. 1977 ) Scroll. Dougal Haston and fellow adventurer Doug Scott reached the summit of Everest at 6pm on 25 September 1975, becoming the first climbers to ascend the mountain by its south-west face.
Dougal Haston and Doug Scott have become the first Britons to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain. The men arrived at the top of Mount Everest via the previously unclimbed...
Sep 25, 2006 · Herald and Times archive. THIRTY-ONE years ago this morning, Dougal Haston rose from the highest bivouac man had ever made, the first Scot to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He and Doug...
The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star's lifestyle with a career at the cutting edge of world mountaineering, Haston remains a cult figure whose deeds have inspired generations of climbers world-wide.
