Fred Lambart

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Howard Frederick "Fred" John Lambart (* 1880 in Ottawa ; † 1946 there ) was a Canadian mountaineer . He is one of the Erstbesteigern of Mount Logan , the highest mountain in his home country.

Life

Lambart was born in Ottawa in 1880, where he grew up and lived most of his life. In 1904 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science from McGill University . He then worked as a surveyor .

In 1925 he took part in an expedition led by Albert MacCarthy . It led to the previously unclimbed Mount Logan. Canada's highest mountain measures 5959 meters, making it the second highest on its continent, one of the Seven Second Summits . Other expedition participants were Allen Carpé , William Wasbrough Foster , Norman H. Read and Andrew Taylor . They reached the summit on June 23, 1925.

Lambart's other mountaineering accomplishments include one of the early ascents of Mount Robson . He was also Vice President of the Alpine Club of Canada . Fred Lambart died in Ottawa in 1946 after a long illness.

literature

  • Chic Scott: Pushing the limits: the story of Canadian mountaineering . Rocky Mountain Books Ltd, 2000, ISBN 978-0-921102-59-5 , pp. 96 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed May 2, 2011]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1925 Climb. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011 ; accessed on August 26, 2010 (English / French).
  2. ^ Chic Scott: Pushing the limits: the story of Canadian mountaineering . 2000, p. 96 ff .
  3. ^ Chic Scott: Pushing the limits: the story of Canadian mountaineering . 2000, p. 98 .
personal data
SURNAME Lambart, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lambart, Howard Frederick John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian climber
DATE OF BIRTH 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa
DATE OF DEATH 1946
Place of death Ottawa