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Field Visit
Date 2 July 2001
Event ID 612620
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612620
A rough block of stone with a plaque attached to the front.
Inscriptions : On plaque on front of stone:
THE "DOUGAL HASTON" STONE / THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS / OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMBER DOUGAL HASTON, A CURRIE / BOY, WHO WENT ON TO BECOME THE FIRST CLIMBER TO / CONQUER EVEREST BY THE SOUTH WEST FACE AND THE FIRST / BRITON TO SCALE THE NORTH FACE OF THE EIGER. HE LATER / DIED IN AN AVALANCHE IN SWITZERLAND IN 1977 AGED 36
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0314)
