Doug Scott

Doug Scott (1941 to 2020) was an English mountaineer and climbing author, noted for being on the team that made the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975. He received the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award, one of mountaineering's highest honours, and his personal style and his climbs were described as visionary. Over the years he was on 40 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia, during which he made some 30 first ascents. Born in Nottingham, England, the eldest of three sons, he was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and died of the disease in December of that year.