Glen Dawson

Glen Dawson, born on 3 June 1912 and died on 22 March 2016, was an American rock climber, mountaineer, antiquarian bookseller, publisher and environmentalist. His father Ernest Dawson was also a climber and bookseller and served as president of the Sierra Club, and the two climbed the Matterhorn with Swiss guides in 1928. Glen began serious mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada in 1929. In 1930 he teamed up with Jules Eichorn and climbed a long list of Sierra peaks in 24 days. In 1931 the two made the first traverse of Unicorn Peak, and with Walter Brem they made first ascents that included the route later named Matthes Crest and the Third Minaret, later renamed Eichorn Minaret.