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Bill House
Bill House | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 May 1913 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 18 December 1997 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale |
| Occupation(s) | climber and forester |
| Known for | first ascent of House's Chimney on K2 and first ascent of Mount Waddington |
William Pendleton House (1913–1997) was an American climber who was a key member of the 1938 American K2 expedition.[1][2][3][4]
Bill was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 1913. He was a Graduate of Yale Forestry School and whilst at Yale he was the President of the Yale Mountaineering Club[5] and was a devotee of "buildering", night time climbing on sides of buildings.[6]
After college he took a job with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests[1] and was the among the first to arrive on the scene of the "The Great Marlow Fire" of 1941, the largest forest fire in New Hampshire's history.[7][8] He went on to establish a forestry business in Chesham, New Hampshire.[9]
- ^ a b Bates, Robert H. (1998). "William P. House, 1913-1997". American Alpine Journal. #40 (72): 408–409. ISBN 978-0930410780. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Green, Stewart (April 10, 2019). "K2: How to Climb the Abruzzi Spur Route". liveabout.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ Fedarko, Kevin (2003-11-01). "The Mountain of Mountains". Outside Online. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ^ Kauffman, Andrew J.; Putnam, William L. (1992). K2: The 1939 Tragedy. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers. p. 25. ISBN 0-89886-323-6.
- ^ Conefrey, Mick (2015). The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent (PDF). ISBN 9781780745954. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Joneswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Cottrell/Baldwin Lecture Series Presents "The Great Marlow Fire"". Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "'Four Days of Fury' film screens tonight". Monadnock Ledger Transcript. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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