Hargreaves Geoffrey
06.09.1976.
September, 1976, Argentine Islands.
Geoffrey Hargreaves, based at Argentine Island, was killed in a climbing accident with Graham Whitfield and Mike Walker on 6 September 1976 returning from the summit of Mount Peary, Antarctic Peninsula. There is a memorial cross at Rasmussen Island.
Geoffrey's sister Brenda Hellier who was working in Iran when the news came from Antarctic about her brother's death has written a moving memoire here.
Geoffrey's parents, Harry and Miriam have also written, "Geoffrey was but 21 years old when he, along with two companions met with disaster. On a jolly, he was third man as the director of the jolly insisted that the party would have three men.
"He was very fond of the Adelie Penguin, there were good flocks of them around the base, and he had "conversations" with them quite often to amuse himself. He had a sense of humour which quite fitted such a situation"
You can read more about Geoff and the circumstances surrounding the accident in the Memoire by Jim Turton.
Picture by courtesy of the The Preston Evening Post.
Antarctic Place Name
The descent from Mount Peary – September 1976
Hargreaves Spur, Walker Ridge and Whitfield Ridge all features close to Mount Peary where Geoffrey Hargreaves, Michael Walker, and Graham Whitfield were believed to have been killed in an avalanche or serac fall on descent from its summit they had reached on 6 September 1976 from Faraday Research Station, Argentine Islands.
Hargreaves Spur 65°15’47”S, 63°59’50”W
Named for Geoffrey Hargreaves (1955-1976), meteorologist; prominent spur at the southern end of the ridge running south west from Mount Balch, north of Bussey Glacier, Graham Coast.
Peter Salino has drawn attention to an image of the ridge that would have been traversed by the three climbers who were killed in the avalanche. It is the ridge leading to the summit of Mount Peary which is in the background of this image of FIDS climbing on Lumiere Peak. Terry Tallis took the photo on the first ascent of Lumiere Peak and the climbers are Frank Stacey and Tony Bushell.
Peter Salino has sent a panorama of the Mount Peary region created by Neil Wickens which has been annotated to show the three features named for Geoffry Hargreaves, Mike Walker and Graham Whitfield.
Geoffrey Hargreaves, based at Argentine Island, was killed in a climbing accident with Graham Whitfield and Mike Walker on 6 September 1976 returning from the summit of Mount Peary, Antarctic Peninsula. There is a memorial cross at Rasmussen Island.
Geoffrey's sister Brenda Hellier who was working in Iran when the news came from Antarctic about her brother's death has written a moving memoire here.
Geoffrey's parents, Harry and Miriam have also written, "Geoffrey was but 21 years old when he, along with two companions met with disaster. On a jolly, he was third man as the director of the jolly insisted that the party would have three men.
"He was very fond of the Adelie Penguin, there were good flocks of them around the base, and he had "conversations" with them quite often to amuse himself. He had a sense of humour which quite fitted such a situation"
You can read more about Geoff and the circumstances surrounding the accident in the Memoire by Jim Turton.
Picture by courtesy of the The Preston Evening Post.
Antarctic Place Name
The descent from Mount Peary – September 1976
Hargreaves Spur, Walker Ridge and Whitfield Ridge all features close to Mount Peary where Geoffrey Hargreaves, Michael Walker, and Graham Whitfield were believed to have been killed in an avalanche or serac fall on descent from its summit they had reached on 6 September 1976 from Faraday Research Station, Argentine Islands.
Hargreaves Spur 65°15’47”S, 63°59’50”W
Named for Geoffrey Hargreaves (1955-1976), meteorologist; prominent spur at the southern end of the ridge running south west from Mount Balch, north of Bussey Glacier, Graham Coast.
Peter Salino has drawn attention to an image of the ridge that would have been traversed by the three climbers who were killed in the avalanche. It is the ridge leading to the summit of Mount Peary which is in the background of this image of FIDS climbing on Lumiere Peak. Terry Tallis took the photo on the first ascent of Lumiere Peak and the climbers are Frank Stacey and Tony Bushell.
Peter Salino has sent a panorama of the Mount Peary region created by Neil Wickens which has been annotated to show the three features named for Geoffry Hargreaves, Mike Walker and Graham Whitfield.
