Walker
Michael
Michael
06.09.1976.
Mike Walker was killed in a climbing accident with Graham Whitfield and Geoffrey Hargreaves on 6 September 1976 returning from the summit of Mount Peary, Argentine Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.
Mike, was from Meols, a village on the northern coast of the Wirral Peninsula. He was a cook on the BAS Argentine Islands base.
There is a memorial cross at Rasmussen Island.
You can read more about Mike and the circumstances surrounding the accident in this Memoire by Jim Turton.
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.
Walker Ridge 65°16’30”S, 63°52’35”W
Named for Michael Walker (1955-1976), cook; low ridge with several small rock outcrops running south west from the Mount Peary massif. The south east edge of Bussey Glacier.
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.
Mike, was from Meols, a village on the northern coast of the Wirral Peninsula. He was a cook on the BAS Argentine Islands base.
There is a memorial cross at Rasmussen Island.
You can read more about Mike and the circumstances surrounding the accident in this Memoire by Jim Turton.
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.
Walker Ridge 65°16’30”S, 63°52’35”W
Named for Michael Walker (1955-1976), cook; low ridge with several small rock outcrops running south west from the Mount Peary massif. The south east edge of Bussey Glacier.
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.
